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Carrigafoyle (meaning "on a rock overlooking water") is a historic building in Wellington, New Zealand. The house was designed by Penty & Blake for Robert and Elizabeth O'Connor. Robert's Irish ancestors were said to extend back to Carrigafoyle in Ireland. Elizabeth was a daughter of the Hon John Martin, after whom Martinborough is named. The house as designed had two main floors plus a basement and sub-basement. There were seven bedrooms and various living spaces. There was a 'principal staircase' for family and guests and a smaller staircase on the opposite side of the building for servants' use. The basement held the billiard room and a museum, which was a private project of the O'Connors' son Albert Creagh O'Connor. 'Spectacular' art nouveau stained glass windows were designed by Charles Edward Carter of Robert Martin Ltd.After Elizabeth O'Connor died in 1919 the house was put up for sale. A real estate advertisement at that time said the house had 11 bedrooms, a dining room, morning room, drawing room, lounge hall, full-size billiard room, conservatory, telephone room, dark room and two balconies with "glorious" views of the harbour. The building was restored in the 1980s by Rex Nicholls (a former city councillor). It is flanked by an art deco building bearing the same name.The building is classified as a Category 1 ("places of 'special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value") historic place by Heritage New Zealand.It is mentioned in the song 'Adelphi Apartments' by Tiny Ruins, New Zealand singer-songwriter Hollie Fullbrook.

Radio New Zealand (Māori: Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa), commonly known as Radio NZ or simply RNZ, is a New Zealand public-service radio broadcaster and Crown entity that was established under the Radio New Zealand Act 1995. It operates news and current-affairs network, RNZ National, and a classical-music and jazz network, RNZ Concert, with full government funding from NZ on Air. Since 2014, the organisation's focus has been to transform RNZ from a radio broadcaster to a multimedia outlet, increasing its production of digital content in audio, video, and written forms.The organisation plays a central role in New Zealand public broadcasting. The New Zealand Parliament fully funds its AM network, used in part for the broadcast of parliamentary proceedings. RNZ has a statutory role under the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002 to act as a "lifeline utility" in emergency situations. It is also responsible for an international service (known as RNZ Pacific); this is broadcast to the South Pacific in both English and Pacific languages through its Pacific shortwave service.

The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB) was established by the New Zealand Geographic Board Act 1946, which has since been replaced by the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008. Although an independent institution, it is responsible to the Minister for Land Information. The board has authority over geographical and hydrographic names within New Zealand and its territorial waters. This includes the naming of small urban settlements, localities, mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, harbours and natural features and may include researching local Māori names. It has named many geographical features in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica. It has no authority to alter street names (a local body responsibility) or the name of any country.The NZGB secretariat is part of Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) and provides the board with administrative and research assistance and advice.The New Zealand Geographic Board succeeded an honorary Geographical Advisory Board that had been set up in 1924 under the direction of the Minister of Land. That board had seven members, including Herbert Williams, Elsdon Best and Johannes C. Andersen.

The Majestic Centre, designed by Jack Manning of Manning Mitchell in association with Kendon McGrail of Jasmax Architects, was completed in 1991. The main building of the Majestic Centre is the Majestic Tower which is the tallest building in Wellington, New Zealand. The building, located on 100 Willis Street is 116 metres (381 ft) high and has 29 above ground storeys, making it the twelfth-tallest skyscraper building in New Zealand, along with the ASB Bank Centre in Auckland. It was, at the time of its completion, one of the three tallest buildings in the country, the two other contenders (ANZ Centre and ASB Tower in Auckland) being built in the same year. It is to this day the furthest south 100M+ skyscraper in the world. It is mainly used as office space. The site was originally occupied by the Majestic theatre, also used as a cinema and cabaret which operated from 1929 to 1984. The cabaret was a key venue for ballroom events in Wellington. By the time of its closure in 1984, the cabaret was deemed to be an earthquake risk, and demolition began in 1987 to make way for its namesake high-rise building. Dr Henry Pollen's House (aka House of Ladies) had to be saved as a condition of using the site. This building was moved from its original site at 12 Boulcott St down to the corner of Boulcott and Willis Streets. The Willis Street frontage of the Majestic Centre also incorporates the three-storey Edwardian Classical brick façade of Preston's Building, which was constructed in the early 1900s.The curved shape of the Majestic Centre's tower was determined by wind parameters set by Wellington City Council, aimed at reducing wind gusts at street level and around buildings. The Willis Street entrance to the building consists of a three-storey high foyer with a glass roof, reputedly the biggest in the southern hemisphere at the time of construction. The exterior of the tower is clad in bands of blue glass and alucobond on the curved area, with precast reconstituted granite concrete panels and a red granite used on other parts of the tower. A crystallized glass called Neo-Paries, a granite alternative, was used inside the foyer. At the top of the tower is a crown of lights on poles. As of 2014, Ernst & Young New Zealand is the anchor tenant, with naming rights to the building. Other tenants include Opus International Consultants Limited, the Japanese Embassy, Cigna Life Insurance New Zealand Ltd, the Earthquake Commission and Airways Corporation.Following the 2011 Canterbury earthquake, the Majestic Tower was assessed by engineering consultants to be of moderate earthquake risk, with strengthening costs initially estimated at NZD$35 million, later revised upwards to $83-$85 million. The work was completed to 100% earthquake compliance in 2016.

Weir House is a residential college of Victoria University of Wellington, located in the city of Wellington in New Zealand. It is home to over 160 undergraduates, and is the second oldest of the residential colleges, after Victoria House.

St Mary of the Angels is a Catholic church on the corner of Boulcott Street and O'Reily Avenue in Wellington, New Zealand. It is the parish church for Wellington Central and one of the major churches of the city. The Marist Fathers have provided clergy for St Mary of the Angels since 1874 in succession to its founding and long-serving parish priest, the Capuchin Franciscan, Father Jeremiah O'Reily. The church was used by Archbishop O'Shea as his pro-cathedral (1936–1954). It was the site of the funeral of Suzanne Aubert in 1926 and is well known for its church music tradition.

Stewart Dawson's building was a historic building on the corner of Lambton Quay and Willis Street in Wellington, New Zealand. The façade has been retained. Built in 1900 for the London jeweller David Stewart Dawson, it was located on a prominent corner where major thoroughfares Lambton Quay and Willis St meet. The site, commonly known as 'Stewart Dawson's corner', is particularly important to the history of Wellington. The site had been known since the 1840s as Clay Point or Windy Point. Located on Wellington's original beach front, the site was marked as the 88th most desirable acre in Wellington by New Zealand Company selectors. In 1900 Dawson commissioned Wellington architect William Charles Chatfield to design a building to fit the triangular site. Chatfield designed a three-storey building with a front that followed the angle created by the junction of Lambton Quay and Willis Street.Stewart Dawson's building was a fine example of Victorian commercial architecture. Italianate in style, it has a well proportioned façade with pilasters heavily decorated with fine floral ornamentation.The building was classified as a "Category II" by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. In 2016 Stewart Dawson's jewellery company moved out. Stewart Dawson's building and the heritage buildings on either side of it were demolished, with the historic façades retained, and a new building is being constructed behind the façades. Argosy Property Limited, who own the site, originally planned to construct a five-storey building on the site but after the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake realised there was a market demand for larger resilient buildings and came up with a new design for a 12-storey block. The building will be fully electric and energy efficient and will be leased by the Department of Statistics and the Ministry for the Environment. Completion was due in April 2021 but after delays and cost increases a revised completion date of February 2022 was announced.

The Former Australian Temperance & General Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited Head Office (also known as the T&G Building or the Harcourts Building) is a historic building on Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand. The building was constructed by Mitchell and King Ltd. in 1926 and its construction was supervised by Atkins and Mitchell. In 1928, the Australian architect Kingsley Henderson described the building as "a very satisfactory" example of the great modern steel-frame building with concrete floors which "was here to stay".Temperance & General used to occupy half of the eight-storey building, with the rest of the space leased by professionals such as lawyers, accountants and doctors. After Harcourts took over three floors it became known as the Harcourts Building. The building was classified as a "Category I" ("places of 'special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value'") historic place by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust in 1990.In 2000 the building underwent some refurbishment. Internal walls were demolished and about 1000 tonnes of brick rubble was removed from the interior of the building to open it up to more light and give prospective tenants flexibility in layout.In 2011 the building's owner Mark Dunajtschik wanted to demolish the building due to the costs of earthquake strengthening required to bring the building up to code. At that time the building was at 42% of earthquake building codes, and engineers estimated it would cost $5 million to complete earthquake-strengthening. Dunajtschik argued that the building had lost value after the 2010 and 2011 Christchurch earthquakes, and said that although it would not fall down in a severe earthquake, the historic ornamentation on the façade was dangerous and would cost too much to make good. The Historic Places Trust was in favour of retaining the building. In May 2014 Dunajtschik won an appeal against an Environment Court ruling that had blocked his plans to demolish the building, but by November that year a second Environment Court ruling had ruled against him and he reluctantly committed to a $10 million restoration of the building. At the time Dunajtschik joked that the building would be known as "Mark's Folly". In 2016 the restored building was leased for 20 years to hotel operator Sarin Investments, and in 2018 it opened as a 106-room Hilton Doubletree hotel under a franchise agreement with Sarin Investments.

Unity Books is an independent New Zealand bookseller. It has a flagship store in Wellington, and a location in Auckland with separate adult and children's bookshops.The business was founded by Alan Preston in 1967.

Inconstant was a wooden full-rigged sailing ship built in 1848 at Cape Breton, Nova Scotia which later became known as "Plimmer's Ark" and played an important role in the development of Wellington, New Zealand. The ship's hull remains in Wellington today as an important archaeological site. Built by George Old at Big Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia Inconstant was one of largest wooden ships ever built in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia and the largest ship built by Old, a shipbuilder who started with schooners before focusing mainly on brigs. The ship was sold to owners in London, England and made a voyage to Australia carrying immigrants. On a subsequent Australian voyage, she was wrecked at Wellington, New Zealand in 1851 when she put in for water and ran aground. After the ship was deemed too badly damaged to sail again, the hull was purchased by John Plimmer, an entrepreneur later known as "the Father of Wellington". The hull was converted to a prominent wharf on the Wellington waterfront where it became known as "Plimmer's Ark". Linked to the shore by a bridge the ship served as one of the first piers in Wellington with the interior serving as a warehouse and auction room. It also served as a bonded customs store, immigration pier and office for the first Wellington harbourmaster. A light mounted at the seaward side of the ship became the first harbour light in Wellington.The hull later became a ship chandlery and gradually became landlocked between 1857 and 1860 as the Wellington waterfront was expanded. Inconstant became surrounded by Lambton Quay, Customhouse Quay and Willis Street in a wedge shaped piece of land. The upper works were demolished in 1883 and the lower hull disappeared under the first Bank of New Zealand. In the late 1990s when a new commercial development ('Old Bank Arcade') was built on the bank site, the remains of the hull were discovered and excavated by archaeologists. The lower bilges of the ship were found, running 38 metres (125 ft) from bow to stern. Several important early Canadian shipbuilding features were documented including the use of birch for main ship timbers some of which still bore layers of birch bark. The bow of the hull was preserved under glass and displayed with various associated artifacts in the arcade of the new development. Kirkcaldie & Stains opened for business on 9 December 1863 in a portion of the Ark named Waterloo House.

The Old Bank Arcade is a retail and office complex on a corner site at Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand. The property consists of four buildings built between 1883 and 1904. The most prominent is the Bank of New Zealand building (no. 1) on the wedge-shaped corner of Lambton Quay and Customhouse Quay. It was designed by Thomas Turnbull for the Bank of New Zealand and is located on the site of Plimmer's Ark. Built by T Carmichael, it is a brickwork shell with timber flooring, pressed metal ceilings and plaster decoration. The Bank of New Zealand operated a branch on the ground floor of this building from its opening in 1901 until 1984. The banking hall was described by the New Zealand Mail of 1901 as "a handsome, lofty room, said to be one of the largest of its kind in the colonies". This building is classified as a "Category I" ("places of 'special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value'") historic place by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.Other buildings on the site are the Bank of New Zealand Building (no. 2), at 233-237 Lambton Quay, Bank of New Zealand Building (no. 3) (formerly National Mutual Life Association of Australasia building) at 98-102 Customhouse Quay and Bank of New Zealand Building (no. 4) (formerly New Zealand Accident & Insurance Company building) at 29 Hunter Street. Bank of New Zealand Building (no. 2) was built for the Wellington Building and Investment Company in 1904. It was designed by Thomas Turnbull to link visually to his Bank of New Zealand building next door. It was bought by the Bank of New Zealand in 1917. The National Mutual Life Association building was also designed by Thomas Turnbull. It was erected in 1883–1884, and at that time was the tallest building in Wellington. It is the oldest of the four buildings making up the Old Bank Arcade site. The Bank of New Zealand bought this building in 1963. The fourth building on the site is the New Zealand Accident & Insurance Building designed by Hislop and Walden and erected in 1903. The Bank of New Zealand bought this building in 1938.Wellington City Council took possession of all four buildings in 1975, in exchange for the Bank of New Zealand acquiring land at the corner of Willis Street for their new BNZ Centre. After 1984 the buildings fell into disrepair until renovation as the Old Bank Arcade in 1997. Australian company Ipoh bought the four buildings from Wellington City Council for $1 in 1994, on the understanding that they would refurbish the site. In 1997 plans were announced for a $26 million redevelopment of the four Bank of New Zealand buildings into a retail and office complex. Downer Construction was contracted for the construction. At the time, a manager from Downer said that one of the challenges would be "to lift the buildings, and hold them up while pouring several thousand cubic metres of concrete in the basement without dropping it". The building foundations were put on rubber and lead bearings as part of earthquake strengthening measures. An underground walkway linking the Arcade to the BNZ Centre opened in February 1999, and shops began opening for business in the complex in March 1999. A $150,000 musical clock was installed as a centrepiece in the refurbished building. Each hour, four petals open to reveal animated scenes relating to the life and times of the former Bank of New Zealand site. The clock was made by Timetech Systems Ltd of Lower Hutt, with robotic work contracted to Miramar-based firm Robotechnology Ltd.

Wellington City Libraries is the public library service for Wellington, New Zealand.