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old-fashioned relics strewn about, is superatmospheric. Brisk staff, creative cocktails,
good coffee, NZ wines, bistro fare (plates $15 to $30) and prime location seal the deal.
Guffle Bar BAR
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( www.guffle.co.nz ; 29A Hastings St; 4pm-late Tue-Fri, 6pm-late Sat) Cool tunes, stylin'
drinks, genial pros behind the bar, and an on-display window seat: ingredients that lure
Napier's nocturnal sophisticates through the doors.
Gintrap PUB
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( www.gintrap.co.nz ; 64 West Quay, Ahuriri; 11am-late Mon-Fri, 9.30am-late Sat & Sun) The pick
of the big rambling restaurant-bars out on the Ahuriri waterfront, where the city council
is endeavouring to isolate noisy after-dark crowds. Seafood in the sunshine (mains $19 to
$32).
Thirsty Whale BAR
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( www.thethirstywhale.co.nz ; 62 West Quay, Ahuriri; 11am-late Mon-Fri, 9am-late Sat & Sun; )
Does a whale drink? Or just filter krill? Either way, this big dockside bar is a sporty spot
to join some fellow mammals for a brew or a bite (mains $14 to $34). Becomes a dance
club on Friday and Saturday nights.
Entertainment
Napier Municipal Theatre THEATRE
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( 06-835 1059; www.napiermunicipaltheatre.co.nz ; 119 Tennyson St; box office 9am-5pm
Mon-Fri, to 12.30pm Sat) Not only the city's largest venue for the likes of rock concerts,
dance and drama (1000 seats), but also one of the world's few working art-deco theatres.
Worth going for the original foyer lighting alone! Box office on site.
Globe Theatrette CINEMA
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( 06-833 6011; www.globenapier.co.nz ; 15 Hardinge Rd, Ahuriri; tickets $16; 1pm-late Wed-
Sun, plus 6pm-late Tue Dec-Feb) A vision in purple, this boutique 45-seat cinema screens art-