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New Zealand House

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New Zealand House

New Zealand's High Commission in Britain, New Zealand House, rises above the Haymarket in London's West End in 1962. Its modernist skyscraper design was a deliberate attempt to convey the idea of New Zealand as a modern and progressive nation. In the foreground is Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square.

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Ben Schrader, Public buildings – Civic and cultural buildings, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/36469/new-zealand-house (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ben Schrader, published 29 May 2012.