Wellington Central Library
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Wellington Central Library is a public library building in the central business district of Wellington, in New Zealand. It is owned by Wellington City Council and is listed as a Category 1 historic pl
Main entrance, 2026
1940: Rongotai College boys carrying books from the old library into the new building.
Wellington Central Library under construction c. 1991, showing the curved glass wall facing Civic Square. The former library is to the right.
The curved wall of the library facing Civic Square, with the mezzanine entrance to the library at left.
Statistics House
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Statistics House was an office building on the waterfront of Wellington, New Zealand. It was built in 2005 as part of CentrePort's Harbour Quays Project and was the headquarters of Statistics New Zeal
Wellington Central Library
…significant earthquake". The engineers had specific concerns about the fixings on the precast concrete floors which were of similar design to those in Statistics House, a building which had partially collapsed in the Kaikōura earthquake. The failure of Statistics House and other Wellington buildings damaged in the…
Statistics House being demolished in 2018