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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.
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.
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formerly MTG Hawke's Bay
Permanent exhibition on the 1931 quake with changing art and social history displays.
Heated and unheated bathing pools and gym. Run by the city council.
An Art Deco outdoor stage, built in 1935 with a shell-like roof.
Art Deco Anglican cathedral consecrated in 1960. The original cathedral was destroyed in the 1931 earthquake with the loss of two lives.
Technology museum housed in a former powerhouse. Exhibits range from household appliances through commercial equipment to the massive engine that was used to generate electricity.
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.