Premier House

The Premier House in 2015

Premier House (Māori: Te Whare Pirimia) is the official residence of the Prime Minister of New Zealand, located at 260 Tinakori Road, Thorndon, Wellington, New Zealand.

A private house bought for the prime minister's official residence when government moved its base to Wellington in 1865.

It was leased to private individuals for six years in the late 1890s then returned to use as an official residence for the prime minister until the Great Depression when a new government in 1935 wished to avoid "show". It was renovated and recommissioned as Premier House in 1990.

Premier House Media

The government of Frederick Weld completed the purchase of the residence.
Joseph, later Sir Joseph Ward Baronet, and his family at Awarua 1906
Premier House in 2015, the colour scheme giving some shape to the agglomeration of disparate structures
John Key hosts John Kerry in Premier House, November 2016

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