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The Elms

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The Elms

The Elms is Tauranga’s most historic house. It was completed in 1847 on land bought for the Church Missionary Society by Alfred Brown in 1839. It is now a historic site open to the public.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Bay of Plenty places – Tauranga, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/5695/the-elms (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 July 2015.