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Kōrero: Premiers and prime ministers

Premier House, 1880

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Premier House, 1880

In the 1870s Julius and Mary Vogel turned the modest ministerial residence at 260 Tinakori Road, Wellington, into an eight-bedroom mansion – ‘The Casino’, as some critics dubbed it.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

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Gavin McLean, Premiers and prime ministers – Support services and statues, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/33202/premier-house-1880 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Gavin McLean, i tāngia i te 7 May 2012, updated 1 December 2016.