Vogel House

Vogel House
Vogel House in 2021
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General information
TypeResidential home
Architectural styleColonial neo-Georgian style
Address75 Woburn Road
Town or cityLower Hutt
CountryNew Zealand
Coordinates41°12′48″S 174°54′06″E / 41.213461°S 174.901694°E / -41.213461; 174.901694
Completed1933
Renovated1980
OwnerVogel family
Design and construction
Architect(s)Heathcote Helmore
Main contractorWalter Dyer
Designated27 June 2008
Reference no.7757

Vogel House at 75 Woburn Road, Lower Hutt, New Zealand is a neo-Georgian-style home built in 1933. For 13 years was the official residence of the Prime Minister of New Zealand, and it housed multiple other ministers and dignitaries.

The home was built in 1933 for James and Jocelyn Vogel. The Vogels gifted the property to the Government in 1965. Initially used by the Australian High Commissioner, it became the official residence of the Prime Minister in 1977. Robert Muldoon lived there from 1977 to 1984. Muldoon's successor David Lange only lived there briefly and chose instead to live in a flat close to Parliament, and in 1990 Premier House became the official prime minister residence. It was then occupied by Ministers Doug Graham and Jim Anderton and Governor-General Anand Satyanand.

The government sought to divest ownership of the property in 2013. The house was ultimately sold back to members of the Vogel family in 2019, after a legal dispute over who the government could sell or give the property to.

Vogel House was listed by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (since renamed to Heritage New Zealand) as a Category I historic place in 2008.