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Kōrero: Building stone

Massey Memorial, Wellington

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Massey Memorial, Wellington

Sited on a promontory at Point Halswell, this commemorates W. F. Massey, prime minister of New Zealand from 1912 to 1925. The exterior is pale Tākaka marble, resting on a base of dark grey Coromandel granite. The memorial was unveiled in September 1930.

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Simon Nathan rāua ko Bruce Hayward, Building stone – National buildings and memorials, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/8098/massey-memorial-wellington (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Simon Nathan rāua ko Bruce Hayward, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.