February 3 marks the 93rd anniversary of the Napier Earthquake, the disaster which gave rise to the city’s art deco rebuild. Napier’s annual Art Deco Festival, a celebration of its unique buildings and the era it sprang from, has suffered from its own share of disasters in recent times with Covid and last year’s Cyclone Gabrielle, meaning it hasn’t run since 2020. But it’s back from February 15-18 and actress Antonia Prebble has been appointed its “chief costume officer”. Her
