Naked ambition? Parade-crashing burlesque dancer s cryptic Art Deco plans
11 Feb, 2021 08:39 PM
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Alesha Hunt, better known as Cherry Boomb, took to the streets of Napier at last year s Art Deco Festival dressed as the Spirit of Napier statue. Photo / Vhoycreative
Alesha Hunt, better known as Cherry Boomb, took to the streets of Napier at last year s Art Deco Festival dressed as the Spirit of Napier statue. Photo / Vhoycreative
A gatecrasher dressed in a risqué body painted costume at last year s Art Deco Festival s Vintage Car Parade in Napier has given a cryptic clue over her potential plans for this year s event.
Napier council s first female CEO in its 147-year history hits the ground running
9 Feb, 2021 12:41 AM
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New Napier City Council chief executive Dr Steph Rotarangi (right) with mayor Kirsten Wise before the start of the three-day rates policy hearing today. Photo / Warren Buckland
Hawkes Bay Today
Napier City Council chief executive Dr Stephanie Rotarangi was wasting no time getting into the thick of the new role as she attended a hearing of rates policy submissions on her first day today.
Fresh from 14-days Covid-19 quarantine followed by a family holiday and settling three children into three different schools in Napier after moving back to New Zealand from Melbourne, she replaces former CEO Wayne Jack, who departed for West Australia almost 12 months ago.
Long-vacant Napier school site to be redeveloped for family homes
9 Feb, 2021 02:29 AM
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Hawkes Bay Today
More than 2ha of prime Napier hills real estate vacant for 18 years and once targeted for a 61-unit residential development is now set to become the site of two family homes. The site is the 2.2ha 46-50 Napier Tce former home of Hukarere Girls College, which has expansive views over the city of Napier and Marine Pde towards Cape Kidnappers.
Vacated by the school in 2003 amid a move to a property once a Department of Social Welfare boys home near Eskdale, the historic buildings were demolished and the site bought by investors planning the residential development, which was to have been known as Hukarere Heights.