1084-1084 Travel Guide

National Aquarium of New Zealand features an underwater tunnel and daily shows with sharks, penguins and rays.

Pania of the Reef is a bronze statue on Napier's seafront, drawn from the Māori legend of Pania, a part-human, part-fish maiden — hailed as 'New Zealand's Little Mermaid'. Standing on Marine Parade against a city famed for Art Deco rebuilt after earthquake, it is the seaside symbol every visitor photographs. Beside it, a seafront garden and ferris wheel make it both landmark and family stroll's end.