Te Whare o te Peke o Aotearoa

49 Tiriti o Main, Ōtaki

He mea whakatū i 1918 hei wāhanga nō te Pēke o Aotearoa, e tū ana te whare BNZ i waenga pū o te wāhi maharatanga o Ōtaki. Ko te whare nei tētehi o ngā whare tawhito rawa e tū tonu ana i te Tiriti o Main.

I ngā tau 1960 i riro i te Kaunihera ā-rohe o Ōtaki te whare BNZ. Atu i 1966 ki 1989 he tari whakahaere mō te kaunihera taua whare, i te mutunga, he mea āta whiriwhiri he whakataunga e pā ana ki ngā rā o tua o te tāone me ngā tāone whakaawhi.

I 1989, i noho a Ōtaki i raro i te mana o te Kaunihera ā-rohe o Kāpiti i te whakakotahitanga o ngā mana ā-rohe puta noa i Aotearoa. I whakamahingia te whare e te Kaunihera hei Pūtahi Ratonga mō Ōtaki. Ināianei kei te rīhingia te whare BNZ e te Kaunihera ki te Ōtaki Heritage Bank Preservation Trust.

Ko tēnei Wāhi Whakamahara – he whare ‘Category II’, ā, ināianei ko te kāinga tēnei o te Whare Tāonga o Ōtaki e whakamātakitaki ana, e pupuri ana i ngā kōrero tuku iho a ngā iwi e rua o Ōtaki.

The Ōtaki Bank of New Zealand, circa 1920. Built in 1918, the front was altered in 1967 when it was the Ōtaki Borough Council building. It is now the Ōtaki Museum. Photo: Ōtaki Historical Society Inc.

Updated 5 November 2024