Day 4: Napier
Welcome
Yesterday we had an easy start and drove the three hours from Tauranga to Napier where we played a show at Cabana Bar.
We were on the road by 10am and headed straight to the award winning Patrick’s pies for a delicious and convenient breakfast. I had a prawn and garlic pie.
The drive to Napier was almost as smooth as the tunes as we completed our first Baker’s Dozen (13 consecutive listens to a song) to the classic Boyz II Men and Mariah Carey duet One Sweet Day.
We stopped for a rest at Tarawera Cafe and were repeatedly harassed by a wasp who landed on everybody and then ate some of Tristan’s donut.
Wasp
📷 Bob Frisbee
Tarawera cafe, home of wasp.
📷 Liz Stokes
Napier formerly known as (Ahuriri) was founded in 1855 by the Government and named after Charles Napier the commander-in-chief of British forces in India. The town was established due to it’s ideal location for a port however lack of space was a problem until the 1931 Hawkes Bay earthquake raised the inner harbour. The earthquake also razed much of the city but the reconstruction has led to a heavy and unique concentration of Art Deco architecture of which you can see one of my favourite examples below.
I love a good collage and it’s my pleasure to present this one of Tristan spotting a Peugeot 205.
We had a phenomenal pizza dinner and then headed to the venue for some car park cricket and a gig.
Finn Roberts opened up the night with a cool solo set of acoustic guitar with loop pedals.
Here is a clip of Dateline performing some of their excellent song Such A Bitch. You can check out the music video here.