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NAPIER ART DECO STYLE FACADE OF THE MASONIC HOTEL ON MARINE PARADE WITH THE DOOM AND CLOCK TOWER OF THE A&B BUILDING BEHIND. IN 1931 NAPIER WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY DESTOYED BY AN EARTHQUAKE. SUNSEQUENTLY THE TOWN NOW HAS ONE THE BEST PRESERVED COLLECTION OF ART DECO BUILDINGS IN THE WORLDAntipodean Oceania Single unitary