TINAKORI ROAD HISTORY

TINAKORI ROAD was once a grand thoroughfare, home to some of New Zealand's most distinguished politicians, writers, poets and artists.

Surprisingly, the street is not named after an affluent colonist. Instead, its name derives from a dispute between Maori road workers and their employers. It is said a quarrel began when labourers were not given a free meal as part of their pay for completing the road, even though it was customary for employers to do so. The street subsequently acquired the name Tinakori Rd, a mixture of Maori and Pidgin English, which loosely translates to "no dinner road". 

Te Ahumairangi Hill (formerly known as Tinakori Hill) is a hill running for 38 hectares through the Town Belt of Wellignton.. It was renamed Te Ahumairangi Hill as part of the Port Nicholson Block (Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o te Ika) Claims Settlement Act 2009

Originally, the whole ridgeline was called Te Ahumairangi. During early European settlement, a road was built along the base of the ridge, and according to tradition, the Māori labourers had to work through their meal breaks. In Maori, tina is a transliteration of "dinner" and kahore means "none". The complaint became the name of both the road and the hill, and was Anglicised to Tinakore and eventually Tinakori.

NZ Politician Charles Wilson was appointed in 1901 as first chief librarian of the parliamentary library, Wilson took measures to fireproof the library as the "tinder dry" Parliamentary Buildings were next door.  On 11 December 1907 Parliament Building burned down,  the library collection survived the fire.  Wilson was friends with banker Harold Beauchamp and for this reason, Beauchamp's daughter Kathleen (also known as author Katherine Mansfield) was allowed to use the parliamentary library   Mansfield was born at 25 Tinakori Rd now one of the most visited sites in Wellington. 

links:

• http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/the-wellingtonian/features/8678686/Tinakori-Rds-illustrious-history
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te_Ahumairangi_Hill
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Wilson_%28librarian%29

PREMIER HOUSE

PREMIER HOUSE  on Tinakori Rd was occupied for training School Dental Nurses from 1937 until 1976.

Originally built in 1843 by Jewish Businessman and Politician Nathaniel Levin (NZ's first Jewish Politician).  When the Captial was moved from Auckland to Wellington in 1865 the Crown purchased sections 630 and 631 from Richard Collins for £2900 as a residence for the Premier, the site being close to the new Government Buildings. (Collins had added substantially to the small timber cottage built by Nathaniel Levin in 1843).  Premier House provides a rare insight into the public and private lives of NZ's political leaders.

Premier house was extended to accomodated Jewish PM Sir Julius Vogel and his wife Mary Clayton whose father (Colonial Architect W H Clayton) built the extensive alterations to Premier House changing it into a late Victorian Italianate style timber home with 8 bedrooms, enlarged servants quarters a conservatory and a ballroom, decorated with chicago and bay windows and completed in 1873 for £2885.  In 1884 NZ's first lift was installed to transport the gout ridden Sir Julius Vogel.  During the Vogels residence the house was known for its oppulent parties and aquired the name "The Casino".

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Dental Nurse Graduation 1964

Street Views from Vogel House Tinakori Road Dental Clinic

Dental Nurses Willis Street an d Vogel House Tinakori Road Wellington 1962 -4964

Dental Nurses Wellington ~ with Exchange Students from Ghana & Sarawak Hobson Street Hostel

Dental Nurse Students Willis Street Clinic Wellington 1962