Napier never changes

Napier shopping centre and a statue of a young boy waving to his mother.

His mother with the pet dog.

I first saw these two statues in 2017 and at that time the lady who modeled for the above statue was still alive and was in her early 80’s . The boy was her son.

We were only in Napier for a few hours, but we had arrived duering a three day celerbration to celebrate the rebuilding of the tonwn after it had been completly destroyed by an earthquake in 1931.

Many of the locals celebrated by dressing as they did in 1931.

The rubble of the town left after the earthquake was used to create a beautified water front recreation area that is now a very pleasant area in which to walk.

A bandstand come stage with plenty of seating.

A paddeling boating pool and fountain for the children.

Old cars and fire engine on dispaly with just one request Please Do Not Touch . The owners spent hours cleaning & polishing, a real labour of love.

The main shopping street closed to traffic so allowing free walking and apreciation of the art deco buildings.

The town offed a free bus service from the ships to the town centre – it was only about five to seven minutes but it was very efficientand well planned.

We had been told of a an aircraft fly pass would take place by ‘old’ aircraft (not jets) at a particula time. Of course we were up on the top deck of the ship to see the air show, and we did see a few old aircraft in the distance over the town, but we were disapointed as we had hoped they would ‘buzz’ the ship.

I clicked away like mad and managed to get quite a few pictures of clouds, but on inspection I found this . . .