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Panels on the Beehive

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Panels on the Beehive

Tiles of grey-banded Tākaka marble have been used as cladding on the Beehive in Wellington. Large panels and smaller tiles of this distinctive marble were used extensively in commercial buildings.

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Simon Nathan and Bruce Hayward, Building stone – National buildings and memorials, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/8094/panels-on-the-beehive (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Simon Nathan and Bruce Hayward, published 2 March 2009.