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Heritage NZ gives Napier's Army Drill Hall Category 2 historic place status


Heritage NZ gives Napier s Army Drill Hall Category 2 historic place status
26 Apr, 2021 03:24 AM
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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. ....

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Historic HB: The story behind the names


Historic HB: The story behind the names
17 Dec, 2020 10:21 PM
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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. ....

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