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  2. Wharenui - Wikipedia

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    Wharenui are usually called meeting houses in New Zealand English, or simply called whare (a more generic term simply referring to a house or building). Also called a whare rūnanga ("meeting house") or whare whakairo (literally "carved house"), the present style of wharenui originated in the early to middle nineteenth century.

  3. Architecture of New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    Before British colonisation of New Zealand, the Indigenous architecture of Māori was an 'elaborate tradition of timber architecture'. [1] Māori constructed rectangular buildings (whare) with a 'small door, an extension of the roof and walls to form a porch, and an interior with hearths along the centre and sleeping places along the walls' for protection against the cold.

  4. Housing in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    When records began in 1974, new homes in New Zealand had an average floor area of 120 m 2 (1,290 sq ft). Average new home sizes rose to peak at 200 m 2 (2,150 sq ft) in 2010, before falling to 158 m 2 (1,700 sq ft) in 2019. [17] In 1966 the New Zealand Encyclopedia recognised seven basic designs of New Zealand houses. [18]

  5. List of historic places in Wellington - Wikipedia

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    Dr Ewart's House and Surgery (Former) Historic Place Category 2: 279 Willis Street: 1334: Ashleigh Court: Historic Place Category 1: 112–122 Riddiford Street and 1 Rintoul Street, Newtown: 1335: Bank of New Zealand Building (No. 2) Historic Place Category 2: 233 Lambton Quay: 1336: Bank of New Zealand (Te Aro Branch Building) Historic Place ...

  6. List of historic places in Christchurch - Wikipedia

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    There are two registers of heritage places in Christchurch. One is the national register administered by Heritage New Zealand [1] and the other is the register in the Christchurch City Plan. [2] The scope of this article is the Heritage New Zealand register only.

  7. Bach (New Zealand) - Wikipedia

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    Bach was for some time thought to be short for bachelor pad, [4] but they tended to be family holiday homes. An alternative theory for the origin of the word is that bach is the Welsh word for 'small' and 'little'. The phrase Tŷ Bach (outhouse; literally 'small house') is used for outbuildings. Sizeable populations of Welsh miners relocated to ...

  8. Category:Historic homes in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    Historic house museums in New Zealand (20 P) Pages in category "Historic homes in New Zealand" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.

  9. New Zealand design - Wikipedia

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    New Zealand design is a product both of indigenous Māori culture and of European (Pākehā) traditions and practices. The concept of design applies [ citation needed ] to Māori kaupapa (fundamental principles) as well as to other cultural spheres.

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