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Napier (/ ˈ n eɪ p i ər / NAY-pee-ər; Māori: Ahuriri) is a city on the eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Hawke's Bay region.It is a beachside city with a seaport, known for its sunny climate, [3] esplanade lined with Norfolk pines, and extensive Art Deco architecture.
Ahuriri is a suburb of the city of Napier, in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand's eastern North Island. [3] The area was a major site of Māori and European settlement, and the site of the Port of Napier until the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake. It has since been redeveloped as a mixed commercial and residential area. [4]
Hawke's Bay is one of only two places in New Zealand with a possessive apostrophe in its name, the other being Arthur's Pass. [7] Captain Cook originally used an apostrophe in the name for the bay, but was inconsistent and wrote the name without an apostrophe a day later. Many New Zealanders spell the name without an apostrophe. [8]
In response, Thomson gave prosaic Northumbrian names to them, often simply in the form of a Northumbrian dialectic name for an animal. [6] The Maniototo region around the town of Ranfurly is rife with such names as Kyeburn, Gimmerburn, Hoggetburn, and Wedderburn as a result. Ranfurly itself was originally called "Eweburn".
Marae name Wharenui name Iwi and hapū Location Mataweka: Nohomaiterangi: Ngāti Kahungunu (Ngāi Toroiwaho, Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti) Waipawa: Pourerere: No wharenui: Ngāti Kahungunu (Ngāi Te Ōatua, Ngāti Tamaterā) Blackhead: Pukehou Marae: Keke Haunga: Ngāti Kahungunu (Ngāti Kekehaunga, Ngāti Pukututu, Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti) Pukehou ...
The name Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu translates roughly as "the summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the slider, climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his kōauau (flute) to his loved one".
Name Regions of rohe (tribal area) Waka (canoe) 2001 population [3] 2006 population [4] 2013 population [5] 2018 population [6] Ahuriri (part of Ngāti Kahungunu) Hawke's Bay: Tākitimu: n/a n/a n/a n/a Heretaunga Tamatea (grouping) Hawke's Bay: Tākitimu: n/a n/a n/a n/a Kāti Māmoe: Canterbury, Otago, Southland, West Coast, Marlborough ...
Pania of the Reef statue in Napier. Pania, often styled "Pania of the Reef", is a figure of Māori mythology, and a symbol of the New Zealand city of Napier. There is a statue of Pania on Napier's Marine Parade.