Short walk from Bluewater
Marine Parade
A 3-kilometre Norfolk-pine promenade with Pania of the Reef, the Soundshell and the National Aquarium.
Marine Parade is Napier’s 3-kilometre oceanfront promenade, lined with Norfolk pines and Art Deco landmarks. You can reach it on foot from Ahuriri along the flat foreshore path in around twenty-five minutes, or a short drive.
Along the way are the Pania of the Reef statue, the Art Deco Soundshell, the Sunken Gardens, and the National Aquarium at the southern end. The pines and the parade itself date from the rebuild after the 1931 earthquake lifted this coastline.
