The Old Public Trust Building celebrated its 100th anniversary on June 9 2009. Over the course of the past century, it has played a central role in New Zealand life both through the work of its occupants (the Public Trust Office, Census and Statistics staff and Creative New Zealand) and through its standing as one of New Zealand's finest buildings.

Sources and resources that have contributed to the recording and preservation of the Building's history, and to whom we are indebted for some of the content on this website are:

Organisations

New Zealand Historic Places Trust
Turnbull Library
Paper Past
Timeframes
Archives New Zealand
New Zealand History
Public Trust Office
Te Ara The Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
Dictionary of New Zealand
Geonet

Sources and references - Literary

Abstract, Public Trust Building, Maureen Evans 21.11.79
Newsletter of the Wellington Regional Council of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, Volume 1 Number 3 1976, J. A. Burns
C. W. Vennell "A Century of Trust", 1973
The Evening Post
The Dominion
Progress
A. C. Broadsheet, Public Trust Building, Nov 1984
David Kernohan (historian)
Keith Wilson (architect)

With thanks to

Ian Bowman, Conservator & Architect
Tanya Fagan
Paul Dow
Paul Giles
Noel Kelly
Raymond Vaughan
Dennis Friis
John Kerslake
Rex Da Vanzo

Website created by

Creative New Zealand
Research by Lift Education
Research by Tanya Fagan

Current occupants of the Old Public Trust Building

Creative New Zealand, Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa
Stout Street Chambers
Capital Sports Medicine
Parsons
Craig Brown
Cahill's
Shannon's Electrolysis and Beauty

 

 

If you have any stories or images to contribute to the story of the Old Public Trust Building, or would like to arrange a visit, please contact facilities@creativenz.govt.nz.