Beehive
The Beehive is the common name for the Executive Wing of New Zealand Parliament Buildings, located at the corner of Molesworth Street and Lambton Quay, Wellington.Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Government office
- Description: Executive wing of the New Zealand Parliament buildings
- Also known as: “Executive Wing” and “The Beehive”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Parliament House and National Library of New Zealand.
Parliament House
Government office
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Parliament House on Lambton Quay, Wellington, is the main building of the New Zealand Parliament Buildings. It contains the Parliament's debating chamber, speaker's office, visitors' centre, and committee rooms.
National Library of New Zealand
Library
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.
The National Library of New Zealand is charged with the obligation to "enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchanges with other nations". National Library of New Zealand is situated 250 metres northeast of Beehive.
Turnbull House
Historic building
Photo: Ballofstring, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Turnbull House is a historic building in Wellington, New Zealand. It was built in 1915 as the residence of Alexander Turnbull and to house his private library, later bequeathed to New Zealand as the Alexander Turnbull Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wellington Central and Lambton.
Wellington Central
Suburb
Photo: Frozen-Coke-Rocks, Public domain.
Wellington Central is an inner-city suburb of Wellington, and the financial heart of both the city and the Wellington Region. It comprises the northern part of the central business district, with the majority of Wellington's high-rise buildings.
Thorndon
Suburb
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Thorndon is a historic inner suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. Because the suburb is relatively level compared to the hilly terrain elsewhere in Wellington it contained Wellington's elite residential area until it changed in the 1960s…
Beehive
- Categories: building, office, and government building
- Location: Wellington, Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-41.27844° or 41° 16′ 42″ southLongitude
174.77663° or 174° 46′ 36″ eastLevels
10Height
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
4VCPPQCG+JMOpenStreetMap ID
way 26022581OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
office=governmentWikidata ID
Q1794839
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Beehive” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Beehive”
- Chinese: “蜂窩大廈”
- French: “Beehive”
- German: “Beehive”
- Hebrew: “הכוורת”
- Italian: “Beehive”
- Japanese: “ビーハイヴ”
- Japanese: “ビーハイブ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Beehive”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “The Beehive”
- Norwegian: “Beehive”
- Polish: “Beehive”
- Russian: “Улей”
- Slovenian: “Beehive, Wellington”
- Ukrainian: “Вулик”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Beehive Annex and Former Bowen Hospital Garden.
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