Howell's Cottage, also known as Te Whare Kohikohi, is a house in

Riverton, New Zealand Riverton / Aparima is a small town west of Invercargill and located on the south-eastern shorelines of the Jacobs River Estuary. This is formed by the Aparima and Pourakino rivers, leading through a narrow outflow channel into Foveaux Strait ...

. It was built by the founder of Riverton, Captain John Howell for his wife Kohi Kohi, and is thought to be the first house built in the town. It was built in 1837–38, making it one of very few surviving New Zealand buildings predating the 1840s. On 20 February 1992, the house was listed as a Category I building with

Heritage New Zealand Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga (initially the National Historic Places Trust and then, from 1963 to 2014, the New Zealand Historic Places Trust) ( mi, Pouhere Taonga) is a Crown entity with a membership of around 20,000 people that advocate ...

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