Napier s Art Deco festival survives - for now
14 Feb, 2021 09:24 PM
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Barry Lynch and Denise Gore at Decorum, ready for the Art Deco Festival with ever-loyal Daphne in Herschell St, and the rack of the raiment of the era 80-90 years ago. Photo / Doug Laing
Barry Lynch and Denise Gore at Decorum, ready for the Art Deco Festival with ever-loyal Daphne in Herschell St, and the rack of the raiment of the era 80-90 years ago. Photo / Doug Laing
Hawkes Bay Today
The Art Deco Trust has launched into the event management nightmare of cancellations of opening-day festival features, hoping it will still have a festival for the rest of this week.
Napier s Bessie Spencer - the remarkable forward thinking proto-feminist who founded our Women s Institutes
13 Feb, 2021 09:08 PM
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A bronze cast statue of Anna Elizabeth Jerome Spencer (known to her friends as Bessie), born in Napier in 1872, has now been unveiled on the corner of Shakespeare Rd and Browning St.
A bronze cast statue of Anna Elizabeth Jerome Spencer (known to her friends as Bessie), born in Napier in 1872, has now been unveiled on the corner of Shakespeare Rd and Browning St.
The Napier-born founder of the New Zealand Federation of Women s Institutes has been remembered as a remarkable woman and forward thinking proto-feminist .
Massive chairs for photos to be installed in Ahuriri ahead of Napier s Art Deco Festival
12 Feb, 2021 12:20 AM
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Ahuriri Business Association coordinator Maree Langford with a set of 2m-high chairs which will be installed in Napier ahead of this year s Art Deco Festival. Photo / Paul Taylor
A set of 2m-high wooden chairs are due to be permanently installed in Napier.
The five chairs will be on show at Perfume Point – between the lighthouse and East Pier – from February 17 onwards, in time for thousands of visitors to Art Deco Week to also enjoy them.
The chairs, commonly known as Cape Cod chairs, vary in colours and stand at 2m tall and were built by Napier Menz Shed, at no cost to ratepayers.