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Heritage NZ gives Napier s Army Drill Hall Category 2 historic place status 26 Apr, 2021 03:24 AM 2 minutes to read The Drill Hall in Coote Rd, Napier, where it s been since 1889. Photo / Paul Taylor The Drill Hall in Coote Rd, Napier, where it s been since 1889. Photo / Paul Taylor Hawkes Bay Today Napier s Army Drill Hall, parts of which were built more than 130 years ago, has been given Category 2 historic place status on New Zealand Heritage List Rarangi Korero. On Coote Rd at the foot of Bluff Hill and just off Marine Pde, the original hall was designed by prominent Napier architect Walter Finch and built by volunteer forces in 1886-1887 as a drill shed for the Napier Naval Brigade at Port Ahuriri. ....
Historic HB: The story behind the names 17 Dec, 2020 10:21 PM 6 minutes to read An aerial view of Napier in 1947. Photo / Napier City Council Hawkes Bay Today By: Michael Fowler When Lieutenant James Cook sailed into what he would call Hawke s Bay in October 1769, the entrance to the inner harbour lagoon, Te Whanganui-a-Orotū, was at Keteketerau (Bay View). James Cook referred to Te Whanganui-a-Orotū as a pretty lake of saltwater . Tu Ahuriri was the son of Tu Maro, a Ngai-Tara chief. Setting out from Hataitai near Wellington, he arrived In Hawke s Bay and camped at what is now Ahuriri. At this time, the entrance to the lagoon at Keteketerau was blocked. This was a problem as fresh water from the Tutaekuri River was filling up the lagoon and interfering with the health of shellfish, which depended upon a tidal flow of sea water. Some kāinga (houses) were also flooded. ....