Premier House

Premier House
Premier House during an open day in 2015
General information
Location	41°16′36.4″S 174°46′14.8″E / 41.276778°S 174.770778°E / -41.276778; 174.770778
Address	260 Tinakori Road, Thorndon
Town or city	Wellington
Country	New Zealand
Current tenants	Currently vacant
Owner	The Crown[1]
Heritage New Zealand – Category 1
Designated	24 March 1988
Reference no.	1371

Premier House (Māori: Te Whare Pirimia) is the official residence of the prime minister of New Zealand, located at 260 Tinakori Road, Thorndon, Wellington, New Zealand.

A private house purchased for the prime minister's official residence when government shifted its base to Wellington in 1865, it was first greatly expanded and then, as its wooden structure deteriorated, shunned in the 1930s by the more modest political leaders on learning the cost of repairs.

It was leased to private individuals for six years in the late 1890s, then returned to use as an official residence for the prime minister until the Great Depression, when a new government in 1935 wished to avoid "show". For more than half a century, the building was used as a dental clinic for children until it was renovated and recommissioned as Premier House in 1990.