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The Beehive (Māori: Te Whare Mīere [2] [3]) is the common name for the Executive Wing of New Zealand Parliament Buildings, located at the corner of Molesworth Street and Lambton Quay, Wellington. It is so-called because its shape is reminiscent of that of a traditional woven form of beehive known as a skep .
Left to right: Bowen House, the Beehive (Executive Wing), Parliament House and the Parliamentary Library New Zealand Parliament Buildings (Māori: Ngā whare Paremata) house the New Zealand Parliament and are on a 45,000 square metre site at the northern end of Lambton Quay, Wellington. From north to south, they are the Parliamentary Library building (1899); the Edwardian neoclassical -style ...
Bowen House, viewed from the Beehive walkway. Bowen House is a 22-storey office building on the corner of Lambton Quay and Bowen Street, Wellington, New Zealand, that was leased by the New Zealand Parliament to house some members of Parliament and government staff. [1] The building was designed by Warren and Mahoney architects. Construction ...
Parliament House (Māori: Te Whare Paremata [1]), in Lambton Quay, Wellington, is the main building of the New Zealand Parliament Buildings. It contains the Parliament's debating chamber, speaker's office, visitors' centre, and committee rooms. It was built between 1914 and 1922, replacing an earlier building that burned down in 1907.
The original Government House (now the site of the Beehive), Parliament Buildings and Turnbull House are in the background. Wellington was declared a city in 1840, and was chosen to be the capital city of New Zealand in 1865. [21] Wellington became the capital city in place of Auckland, which William Hobson had made the capital in 1841.
With the relocation of Parliament, Bellamy's moved to Wellington in either 1865 [1] or 1867. [3] In 1907 a fire destroyed the parliament buildings, including Bellamy's dining hall. [ 7 ] Bellamy's was then based in Government House to the south of Parliament House until its demolition for the construction of the Beehive in the 1970s.
Members of Parliament in New Zealand representing the Maori people, labeled as Te Pāti Māori, interrupted a reading of the ‘Treaty Principles Bill’ on Thursday, November 14th.
The Beehive, Wellington, is the seat of government (i.e. headquarters of the executive branch).. In New Zealand, the term Government can have a number of different meanings. . At its widest, it can refer collectively to the three traditional branches of government—namely, the executive branch, legislative branch (the King-in-Parliament and House of Representatives) and judicial branch (the ...