Napier's pebbly beach in Hawkes Bay, with its big surf, sits on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand.
Napier in Hawkes Bay is New Zealand's Art Deco City. After the 1931 earthquake, Hawkes Bay implemented a massive reconstruction, which heralded the introduction of a lovely Spanish Mission style, and is now one of the greatest Art Deco cities in the world. With an amazing climate, Hawkes Bay is also the leading food and wine destination in New Zealand. Napier is renowned for its diverse variety of water sports, such as windsurfing, parasailing, kayaking, water skiing, and so on. Other attractions include Marineland, the Hawkes Bay Aquarium, and a Kiwi house - where you can actually touch a kiwi!
Art Deco expressed all the vigor and optimism of the roaring twenties, and the idealism and escapism of the grim thirties.
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