The Stone Store at Kerikeri is New Zealand’s oldest surviving stone building, erected between 1832 and 1836. We partnered with a local scaffolding company to carry out conservation work on this heritage site in the 1990s.
Part of the second Church Missionary Society station in New Zealand, the store was designed by John Hobbs to replace an earlier wooden storehouse. Working on a building of this age and significance calls for a careful, protective approach — which is exactly what heritage conservation work demands.