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At the southern tip of Hawke Bay is a gannet colony. These birds migrate seasonally and are popular with tourists during the season. You can jump on a trailer towed by tractors to reach the Cape, run by a local business out of the small community of Te Awanga. Bookings and information about these tours are available from the information centre.
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Has a reef tank, a travelator that spirals its way beneath the enormous Oceanarium, creating the impression of a true underwater experience, and a typical New Zealand rocky shore environment. There are sharks, stingray and hundreds of fish species, many of them representative of the catches from along the East Coast. There are eels, sea horse, turtles, octopus, tropical marine fish, kiwi, tuatara, water dragons, frogs and penguins on display. There is also an exhibition about the Hikurangi plate boundary and associated hazards like earthquakes and tsunami.
With a capacity of 19,700, in summer this hosts Central Stags cricket team in all formats. In winter Hawke's Bay and Hurricanes play rugby union here.
An Art Deco outdoor stage, built in 1935 with a shell-like roof.
formerly MTG Hawke's Bay
Permanent exhibition on the 1931 quake with changing art and social history displays.
One of the most photographed landmarks in New Zealand, Pania is a figure of Māori mythology, and a symbol of Napier. She is beside the Tom Parker Fountain, which has a coloured lightshow until midnight.
Art Deco Anglican cathedral consecrated in 1960. The original cathedral was destroyed in the 1931 earthquake with the loss of two lives.