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Napier Nurses’ Home

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Napier Nurses’ Home

The new wing of the Napier Nurses’ Home was completed just a year before the 1931 Hawke’s Bay earthquake.

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MTG Hawke's Bay Tai Ahuriri, Hawke's Bay Museums Trust/Ruawharo Ta-u-rangi collection

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Permission of MTG Hawke’s Bay, P.O. Box 248, Napier, New Zealand must be obtained before any re-use of this image

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Eileen McSaveney, Earthquakes – Building for earthquake resistance, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/4424/napier-nurses-home (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Eileen McSaveney, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 August 2017.