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Marine Parade playground, Napier

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Following the disastrous 1931 Hawke’s Bay earthquake, the public space along Napier’s foreshore was redeveloped as a leisure precinct. This 1950 clip highlights some of the amenities on offer.

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Reference: Weekly Review 442. National Film Unit, 1950

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Geoffrey Rice, City public spaces – Beaches, shorelines and waterfronts, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/22934/marine-parade-playground-napier (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Geoffrey Rice, published 6 April 2010.