Old Government Buildings, Wellington
New Zealand's Old Government Buildings sit on the Government Buildings Historic Reserve, on Lambton Quay in central Wellington. The buildings were completed in 1876 on land reclaimed from Wellington Harbour to house the young New Zealand Government and its public service.
The Old Government Buildings seen from the front right
A crowd on ANZAC Day next to the Wellington cenotaph with the sun rising over the Old Government Building
The building is now home to the Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Law. Pictured in 2005.
Lambton Quay is the heart of the central business district of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand.
The MLC Building near the south end of Lambton Quay, at Hunter St
Lambton Quay about 1880 showing the reclamation, T. Mountain's store at 80 Lambton Quay, Cutler & Moore piano shop, James Gear's butchery and the Criterion Hotel (rebuilt after the 1855 earthquake damaged the Wellington Hotel)