Napier (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 58,800 as of the June 2012 estimate. About 18 kilometres south of Napier is the inland city of Hastings. These two neighbouring cities are often called “The Twin Cities” or “The Bay Cities” of New Zealand. The total population of the Napier-Hastings urban area is 125,000 people, which makes it the fifth-largest urban area in New Zealand, closely followed by Tauranga (122,200), and Dunedin (118,400), and trailing the Hamilton urban area (209,300).
Napier is about 320 kilometres northeast of the capital city of Wellington. Napier has a population smaller than Hastings (66,200) but is seen as the main centre due to it having both the seaport and the main airport.