Treasures in the Napier City Council Chambers

Im in the middle of a series on what I found when I visited the  Council Chambers the other day.  I have noted where some of these treasures came from some I have not.  

These were presented to Napier from the Cook Islands to commemorate the signing of the friendship between Rarotonga, Cook Islands and Napier City Council

This was presented to the City of Napier on the occasion of the 40th Twin City Anniversary with the City of Victoria 1973 - 2013

while not a treasure or gift I was taken by these door knobs

This statue is the Goddess of Friendship and Purity. according to the sign.  She was a gift from Victoria British Columbia in 1982.  She is life size.    

Art Deco Posters

Im in the middle of a series on what I found when I visited the  Council Chambers the other day.  You are invited to view yesterdays post to see the Time Capsule that is there.  I will be posting a few more days worth of this series over the next couple of days.

I found these and explained to one of the workers there that is much easier to photograph these here.  Than on the side of the busy main roads and expressways that lead into Napier where there are copies of them.  They are used as welcome signs to Napier.  

Linking to 

Time Capsule

The other day I visited a building - the Council Chamber - I have never visited before and probably wouldnt have, had it not been for this blog.  I found it interesting and will post some more posts about it in the next few days about what I saw there.

The main reason I visited it was because Id seen an article in one of the local papers about a time capsule that is housed there.  It was sealed in 1974.  It contains forms that were written up about babies that were born in the fortnight leading up to it being sealed.  On the form where there footprints of the babies as well.  There is also a child's plastic ride on trike - they were new at the time.  There is a packet of welding rods, the town clerks suit and a dress donated by the mayoress.  Some school students contributed  family trees.  Retailers and businesses contributed many items too.  The last item to go into the capsule, under the dome, was a 16mm film which had never been viewed by the public.  It was an edited film of the lead up to, the filling up of and the official function of the closing of the capsule.  The capsule holds enough so that there will be able to be a large exhibition when it is opened in 2074.  Although it was quite ordinary items in those days it will be interesting then as its not stuff one would normally keep otherwise.

so highly polished it picked up a lot of referlctions from the rest of the room