Dating by city / New Zealand / Hawke's Bay Region / Napier
Looking for a date, something serious or new friends in Napier? Create a profile and you could be the first local on this page.
Napier is small enough that you may have friends in common, so start with a relaxed coffee in the centre. If you would rather meet away from familiar faces, Onekawa is close by.
More than 170,000 people live within 50 km of Napier, in 4 towns and cities including Hastings, Havelock North and Onekawa. In the app you choose the distance yourself: from 10 km to 500 km, or “Any distance”.
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