Premier House

The Premier House in 2015

Premier House (Māori: Te Whare Pirimia) is the official residence of the Prime Minister of New Zealand, located at 260 Tinakori Road, Thorndon, Wellington, New Zealand.

A private house bought for the prime minister's official residence when government moved its base to Wellington in 1865.

It was leased to private individuals for six years in the late 1890s then returned to use as an official residence for the prime minister until the Great Depression when a new government in 1935 wished to avoid "show". It was renovated and recommissioned as Premier House in 1990.

Other websites

• Prime Minister's Residence at Heritage New Zealand
• Information about Premier House at Te Ara
• History Group of the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage, Housing the Prime Minister Archived 2016-02-25 at the Wayback Machine