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We Are Open campaign gets behind Napier CBD

MMP News AuthorApril 27, 2023

The We Are Open campaign launched a few weeks ago to support Napier businesses. Napier City Business Inc (NBCI) is thinking outside the square with its latest campaign to encourage shoppers into the CBD. We Are Open was launched this month with a video showing business owners from different cultures ... Read More

Knife shop ram raided by ‘group of youths’

MMP News AuthorJanuary 22, 2023

A shop in Napier’s CBD was ram raided during the early hours of Monday, the third offence of a similar nature in the city in two weeks. King of Swords on Emerson St, a niche gift store which stocks knives and swords among a wide variety of other items, was ... Read More

Vape store in Napier CBD ram-raided with stolen vehicle

MMP News AuthorJanuary 10, 2023

Cosmic vape shop in Napier CBD after it was boarded up. Photo / Warren Buckland Heavy rain caused by Cyclone Hale was not enough to deter thieves who ram-raided a vape shop in Napier CBD early Wednesday morning. A stolen vehicle was used to break into Cosmic vape store on ... Read More

Teen ‘soft-folk’ busker warned against using amplifier in Napier CBD

MMP News AuthorDecember 26, 2022

Maraekakaho teenager Grace Haliburton hopes to head to university to study law in 2024. But there was a momentary blip in the funding plan when her “soft-folk” busking at the height of a busy Boxing Day in the Napier CBD was shut down even before it started, when city council ... Read More

Art After Dark event lights up Napier CBD

MMP News AuthorOctober 16, 2022

The light show in Napier attracted big crowds on Saturday night. Photo / Warren Buckland The 2022 Hawke’s Bay Arts Festival has begun with a spectacular light show across Napier’s CBD. The Nuit Blanche – Art After Dark event attracted a large crowd on Saturday night with eye-catching projections and ... Read More

Napier City Business needs more funds to increase CBD vibrancy

MMP News AuthorAugust 19, 2022

Napier City Business Inc. general manager Pip Thompson wants to increase the CBD’s vibrancy. With most of us resigned to the steady increase in prices, Napier City Business Inc. (NCBI) may have set a record. NCBI has been cheerleading and supporting Napier city businesses for more than 24 years, says ... Read More