Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts and Events Centre opened to the public this weekend with a dawn blessing on Saturday and community festival on Sunday.
Between 10 am and 2pm on Sunday, members of the public were able to take a look through the iconic building which has been shut for almost six years.
For 84-year-old Clive resident Edward William Bull, the opening had some more meaning.
His grandfather Edward Bull and brother Harold Bull were the Bull Brothers building firm of Napier who built the Opera House which opened in 1915.