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Refurbished lobby

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Refurbished lobby
When Parliament was refurbished in the early 1990s this replica of the ruined members' lobby was built, and it became the parliamentary library's reception area and newspaper reading room.

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Ben Schrader, Public buildings – Central-government buildings, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/36450/refurbished-lobby (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ben Schrader, published 29 May 2012.