Alan Napier

New Zealand was your favourite long-haul country in the our 2009 Travel Awards. We focus on Napier, flattened by an earthquake but rebuilt in glorious 1930s style'Grandad was on the loo when the earthquake struck," says Gill, a chirpy New Zealander who grew up in Napier. In 1931 this genteel port on Hawke's Bay, on the east coast of North Island, was struck by a tremor measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale. It flattened the city just as its...  

1: Napier-Taupo road closed due to snow New Zealand Transport Agency The NZ Transport Agency advises motorists that State Highway 5 between Napier and Taupo is closed due to heavy snow. Contractors are working to clear the road but the highway will ...  

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Hawke's Bay moved into the top four of rugby's Air New Zealand Cup with a dominant 32-10 victory over Otago in Napier. Having started the round eighth on the standings, Hawke's Bay saw the four teams immediately above them -- Tasman, Auckland ...  

Former Easington pitman and councillor Richard Burnip diesSunderland EchoCoun Alan Napier, deputy leader of Durham County Council and former Leader of Easington Council, said: "I first met Richard during the historic struggle of ...  

Tributes paid to councillorPeterlee MailCoun Alan Napier, deputy leader of Durham County Council and leader of the former District of Easington council, said: "I first met Richard during the ...