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Inside a mission house

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Inside a mission house

Kemp House at Kerikeri, Northland, is the oldest wooden building in New Zealand. Dating from 1821–22, it was made of local timber as a home for members of the Church Missionary Society. Although the furniture in the dining room is elaborate, the wall and window construction is very plain, as befits a mission house.

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Nancy Swarbrick, Logging native forests – The timber trade before 1840, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/12734/inside-a-mission-house (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 2 March 2009.