Art Deco walk in Napier

This is my second full day in the North Island of New Zealand. After a brief stay in Wellington (amidst pouring rain), we drove to Napier yesterday afternoon.

Today, I did the Art Deco walk. Napier was destroyed by an earthquake in 1931. When the city was being rebuilt, the then most fashionable architectural style - At Deco - was used. So within the city centre, there are dozen of buildings with Art Deco and Spanish Mission style. Personally I find Art Deco rather bad taste, but it is still interesting to see such a big cluster of buildings of this style.

I shall be driving to Lake Taupo and Rotorua tomorrow morning.