The Beehive

The Beehive is the common name for the Executive Wing of the New Zealand Parliament Buildings, located at the corner of Molesworth Street and Lambton Quay, .
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  • Type: Government office
  • Description: executive wing of the New Zealand Parliament buildings
  • Also known as: “Beehive” and “Executive Wing”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Parliament House and Turnbull House.

Government office
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on Lambton Quay, , 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.

Historic building
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is a historic building in , 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.

Library
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The , known until 1985 as the General Assembly Library, is the library and information resource of the New Zealand Parliament. is situated 140 metres north of The Beehive.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wellington Central and Lambton.

Suburb
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is an inner-city suburb of , and the financial heart of both the city and the . It comprises the northern part of the central business district, with the majority of Wellington's high-rise buildings.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Suburb
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is a historic inner suburb of , 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…

The Beehive

Latitude
-41.27844° or 41° 16′ 42″ south
Longitude
174.77663° or 174° 46′ 36″ east
Levels
10
Height
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
4VCPPQCG+JM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 26022581
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
office=­government
Wiki­data ID
Q1794839
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“The 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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