Mission House
The Mission House at Kerikeri in New Zealand was completed in 1822 as part of the Kerikeri Mission Station by the Church Missionary Society, and is New Zealand's oldest surviving building. It is sometimes known as Kemp House.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Moriori, Public domain.
- Opening hours:
November—April: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
May—October: 10:00 AM—4:00 PM - Type: Museum
- Description: historic residential building
- Also known as: “Kemp House” and “Kerikeri Mission House”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stone Store and St James’ Church, Kerikeri.
Stone Store
Museum
Photo: Noel Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Stone Store is the oldest undamaged stone building in New Zealand. The Stone Store was constructed from 1832 to 1836 by the Church Missionary Society in Kerikeri as a warehouse to a Georgian design by John Hobbs.
St James’ Church, Kerikeri
Church
Photo: Ronnie Macdonald, CC BY 2.0.
St James' Anglican Church is an heritage-listed Anglican church located in Kerikeri, on the North Island of New Zealand. The first church on the site was built in 1829, with the current building dating from 1878. St James’ Church, Kerikeri is situated 110 metres southwest of Mission House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kerikeri and Waipapa.
Kerikeri
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kerikeri is a popular tourist destination in the famous Bay of Islands on the North Island of New Zealand. Often described as the Cradle of the Nation, it is the site of the first permanent mission station in the country, and has some of the most historic buildings in New Zealand.
Waipapa
Village
Waipapa is a small town in the Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand. It is located on State Highway 10, approximately 10 minutes drive from Kerikeri, the nearest urban centre. Waipapa is situated 4 km west of Mission House.
Rangitane
Village
Rangitane or Rangitāne is a settlement on the east bank of the Rangitane River and the northern shore of the Kerikeri Inlet in the Far North District of New Zealand. Rangitane is situated 4 km northeast of Mission House.
Mission House
- Categories: house, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Far Far North, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-35.2175° or 35° 13′ 3″ southLongitude
173.9623° or 173° 57′ 44″ eastElevation
11 metres (36 feet)Inception
1822Open location code
4VPMQXM6+2WOpenStreetMap ID
way 437739178OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Mission House” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Mission House”
- French: “Mission House”
- German: “Kerikeri Mission House”
- Japanese: “ミッション・ハウス”
- Swedish: “Kerikeri Mission House”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mission House”. Photo: Moriori, Public domain.