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After the fire of 1907, this building housed Parliament, and the governor lived at Palmerston North until the new (present) Government House was ready. It was demolished in November 1969 to make way for the Beehive.
Alexander Turnbull Library,
Reference: 1/2-177172; F
Photographer: Morrie Hill
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