Port of Napier

Napier Port is in Napier, New Zealand, on Hawke Bay. It is the North Island's second largest export port by tonnage, and is owned by the Port of Napier Ltd.

The port is connected to the rail network via the Napier Port Branch (Ahuriri Branch).

It hosts dozens of cruise ship visits each year. On 16 February 2008 it was visited by the longest vessel it has ever received, the MS Queen Victoria cruise ship belonging to Cunard.

Hastings District, as one of the largest apple, pear and stone fruit producing areas in New Zealand has an important relationship with the Napier Port. It has also become an important grape growing and wine production area with the fruit passing from the growers around Metropolitan Hastings and then to Napier for exporting. Napier is an important service centre for the agriculture and pastoral output of the predominantly rural Hastings District.

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Napier, New Zealand

Napier (/ˈneɪpiər/ NAY-pi-ər; Māori: Ahuriri) is a New Zealand city with a seaport, located in Hawke's Bay on the eastern coast of the North Island. The population of Napier is about 61,500 as of the June 2015 estimate. About 18 kilometres south of Napier is the inland city of Hastings. These two neighbouring cities are often called "The Bay Cities" or "The Twin Cities" of New Zealand. The total population of the Napier-Hastings Urban Area is 129,700 people, which makes it the fifth-largest urban area in New Zealand, closely followed by Tauranga (130,800), and Dunedin (117,400), and trailing the Hamilton Urban Area (224,000).

Napier is about 320 kilometres northeast of the capital city of Wellington. Napier (61,500) has a smaller population than its neighbouring city of Hastings (68,200) but is seen as the main centre due to it being closer in distance to both the seaport and the main airport that service Hawke's Bay. The City of Napier has a land area of 106 square kilometres and a population density of 540.0 per square kilometre.