Government House (New Zealand)
With Government House is in New Zealand today commonly residence of the Governor-General in Wellington called.
But New Zealand currently has two houses, the Government House in Wellington , which serves as the main residence for the Governor General , and the Government House in Auckland , for other occasions. However, if you look back in New Zealand's eventful history, you count nine houses that served as government houses for the respective governors and governors general at different times and times .
The name Government House can be a bit confusing, as it means the house of government and especially since there are two other buildings in Auckland and Wellington , which are now known as the Old Government House and were formerly the seat of government, this makes the understanding in Referring to the name Government House couldn't be easier.
Governors' residences in Wellington
The first house
The first building known as Government House stood in Wellington not far from the steps of today's Parliament building and was the mansion of William Wakefield , representative of the New Zealand Company in New Zealand and founder of the city of Wellington in 1840 . Although the building was used as a hospital after Wakefield's death and after the severe Marlborough earthquake of 1848 , there are records that the first Government House Ball was held in the building on February 10, 1849 .
In 1865 the governor George Edward Gray moved into the house and lived there until the end of his term in 1868. In 1871 the house was demolished.
The second house
The second Government House was built in 1868 on the site in Wellington where the Beehive now stands. The building served ten governors, from George Ferguson Bowen in 1868 to William Plunket in 1907. That year the General Assembly building was destroyed by fire and the Government House was used for parliamentary debates. After serving as a restaurant for parliamentarians for many years, it was demolished in 1969.
Temporary home in Palmerston North
While a new Government House was being planned and built in Wellington , Governor William Plunket moved his official residence to Palmerston North . The government rented the house in 1908 from British businessman John Henderson Pollok Strang . His house was temporarily converted into the Government House by 1910 . Today the house is known as Caccia Birch House and is owned by Palmerston North City Council .
The third house
The third Government House in Wellington was built between 1908 and 1910 and still serves as the residence of the Governor General of New Zealand . The first governor to move into the house was John Poynder Dickson .
Temporary house in Lower Hutt
During the renovation work on Government House in Wellington in 2009 and 2010, Governor General Anand Satyanand moved into the so-called Vogel House in Lower Hutt . The house was a wedding present for Jocelyn Riddiford when she married James Vogel , the grandson of Julius Vogel (1835–1899), in 1932 . In 1966 she donated the property to the government as a residence for the Prime Minister. During its use as Government House , the building was renamed Government House Vogel .
Governors' residences in Auckland
The first house
The first Government House in Auckland was built by New Zealand's first Governor William Hobson in 1841. 250 tons of building material are said to have been transported from England to Auckland for the construction of the house . On June 23, 1848, the house fell victim to a fire and burned to the ground.
The second house
The second Government House in Auckland was destroyed in 1857.
The third house
The third Government House was built in Auckland in 1856 and is now known as the Old Government House . Located on the corner of Princes Street and Waterloo Quadrant , it was the seat of government until 1865 when Wellington became the capital of New Zealand. It was then used as the second seat of the governor and for visits by the royal family of the British Empire . The building is now on the University of Auckland campus and has been in their ownership since 1969.
The fourth house
The fourth Government House in Auckland was donated to the Crown in 1962 by Sir Frank Crossley Mappin , a wealthy Auckland fruit and vegetable farmer . His estate, called " Birchlands " in his time , became the second official residence of the Governor General of New Zealand and is now known as the Government House Auckland .
Web links
- Government House . The Governor-General,accessed April 14, 2015.
Individual evidence
- ^ Government House . The Governor-General , accessed April 14, 2015 .
- ↑ a b c d e Other Government Houses . The Governor-General , accessed April 14, 2015 .
- ^ Gavin McLean : Governors and governors general - Government House, Wellington . Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand , November 12, 2014, accessed April 14, 2015 .
- ^ Gavin McLean : Governors and governors general - Government House, Wellington, 1880s . Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand , November 12, 2014, accessed April 14, 2015 .
- ^ Historical Caccia Birch House - Brief history of the house . Caccia Birch Trust Board , accessed April 14, 2015 .
- ^ Housing the Prime Minister - Vogel House and Premier House . New Zealand History Online , accessed April 14, 2015 .
- ^ Gavin McLean : Governors and governors general - Government House, Auckland, 1840s . Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand , November 12, 2014, accessed April 14, 2015 .
- ^ History . The University of Auckland , accessed April 14, 2015 .
- ↑ Old Government House . (No longer available online.) The University of Auckland , archived from the original on May 30, 2015 ; accessed on April 14, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ John Stacpoole : Mappin, Frank Crossley . Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand , November 13, 2013, accessed April 14, 2015 .
