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.
Pleas awaited in Napier s West Quay shooting aftermath
14 Apr, 2021 03:17 AM
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Police investigating an incident in which shots were fired on West Quay, Ahuriri, on February 28. Photo / File
Police investigating an incident in which shots were fired on West Quay, Ahuriri, on February 28. Photo / File
Hawkes Bay Today
A man facing firearms and wounding charges relating to the early-morning shooting of three people outside a Napier bar has still not entered pleas to the charges.
Facing 13 charges, as well as charges relating to other incidents, the 24-year-old appeared via audio-visual link from prison today before Judge Gordon Matenga in Napier District Court.
Local Focus: Raw Napier jokes bring raw comedy success
14 Apr, 2021 12:09 AM
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Warning - some of this comedy really is raw . Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Warning - some of this comedy really is raw . Made with funding from NZ On Air.
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Napier s Luke Glover is off to Palmerston North after succeeding in the Hawke s Bay round of the Raw Comedy Quest on Sunday.
There was a good turnout for the event at The Cabana in Napier, where James Fulton-Cameron of Palmerston North also qualified for the Palmerston North round of the Quest.
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