Melanesian Mission House | |
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General information | |
Architectural style | Tudor Revival |
Address | 40–44 Tamaki Drive, Mission Bay, Auckland |
Named for | Melanesian Mission |
Year(s) built | 1859 |
Owner | Heritage New Zealand |
Technical details | |
Material | Basalt |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Reader Wood |
Renovating team | |
Architect(s) | Jeremy Salmond |
Designated | 6 June 1983 |
Reference no. | 111 |
The Melanesian Mission House is a Tudor Revival former educational building located in Mission Bay, Auckland, New Zealand. Formerly owned by the Anglican Church of New Zealand it is now owned Heritage New Zealand and registered as a category 1 building.
Constructed from local basalt, the building was originally used as part of St Andrew's College, an Anglican school for Melanesians. Following the Melanesian Mission moving to Norfolk Island the building served as a naval school, industrial school, Anglican Sunday school and place of worship, flying school, and museum before being owned by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. Heritge New Zealand currently lease the building as a restaurant.