Kemp House
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Kemp House, also known as Mission House, is the oldest extant building in New Zealand. The building was built in 1822 as part of the Kerikeri Mission Station by the Church Missionary Society. Kemp Hou
A view of the front of the mission house at the Kerikeri basin
Mission House
The Kerikeri River (right) and Kerikeri Inlet (left) with the Mission House in the right background. A stone bridge here was removed in 2008.
Rear view showing gardens
Heritage New Zealand
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Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga is a Crown entity that advocates for the protection of ancestral sites and heritage buildings in New Zealand. It was set up through the Historic Places Act 1954 wit
Kemp House
…a gum shop at the Stone Store. The property remained in family hands until 1974 when Ernest Kemp donated it to the National Historic Places Trust (now Heritage New Zealand). A flood in March 1981 damaged part of the ground floor. During restoration work pages from a catechism in the Maori language were discovered, with…
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Fyffe House, Kaikōura
The flag of the Historic Places Trust flying outside Fyffe House in Kaikōura