Wellington Harbour Board Wharf Office Building
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Wellington Harbour Board Wharf Office Building (also known as Shed 7) is a historic building on Jervois Quay erected by the
Wellington Harbour Board The Wellington Harbour Board was constituted by act of New Zealand Parliament, parliament which took effect on 1 January 1880. Shipowners, those paying harbour dues, Wellington City Council, Wellington City, Hutt County, Wairarapa County, and W ...
in
Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by ...
, New Zealand. 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 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 ...
. The building currently houses the
New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts The New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts (also referred to as the Wellington Art Society) was founded in Wellington in July 1882 as The Fine Arts Association of New Zealand. Founding artists included painters William Beetham (first president of the As ...
and 25 luxurious inner-city apartments.


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Buildings and structures in Wellington City Heritage New Zealand Category 1 historic places in the Wellington Region Frederick de Jersey Clere buildings {{NewZealand-struct-stub