What it is
The building at 49 Tennyson Street was put up for the Daily Telegraph newspaper as Napier was rebuilt after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake and fire, which destroyed most of the town centre. It was designed by the local architect Louis Hay, one of the leading figures of the city's reconstruction.
Its facade carries the characteristic Art Deco ornament of the period, with zigzags, stepped ziggurat shapes and stylised fountain motifs, picked out in pastel colours. The newspaper has long since left, but the building is preserved as a Category 1 historic place and is one of the standard stops on walks through Napier's Art Deco centre.
Getting there by bus
Route 4 (Napier, Airport, Bayview) stops close by on Shakespeare Road at 1 Shakespeare Road (stop N189) and Shakespeare Road Medical Centre (stop N287), about 150 to 160 metres away, and outside MTG Hawke's Bay (stop N7), about 200 metres away.
The central Napier stops on Dalton Street are about 440 metres away, roughly five minutes on foot: Temporary Stop A (stop N1) serves routes 1, 1A and 4, and Temporary Stop B (stop N1B) routes 2, 3 and 11.
