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New Zealand’s Parliament Buildings

New Zealand’s Parliament Buildings

This photograph shows the buildings that house New Zealand’s Parliament. They are, from left foreground: the Beehive, Parliament House and the Parliamentary Library.

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John Wilson, Nation and government – System of government, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/4233/new-zealands-parliament-buildings (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by John Wilson, published 3 March 2009, updated 1 September 2016.

Comments

Harriet
28 May 2018
Hi Ellie, you can find a panoramic version of this photo here: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/interactive/parliament-grounds-from-the-front which you can make fullscreen. Feel free to take a screenshot of this. It was taken from the Kate Sheppard Apartments.
Ellie Nation
20 November 2017
Hi there - I'm interested in the photo of the parliament buildings on this page - could I possibly get a larger size photo/know who took it OR in order to recreate it myself can I have the vantage point from which the image was taken? It's a lovely angle that shows all three buildings clearly!