The site of the former post office in Tauranga is steeped with history. In the early 1860s, the Church Missionary Society built an institute here for training Māori people. Within a few years, it was confiscated as a military headquarters and hospital. At the end of the century, the Tauranga Government constructed New Zealand’s second largest building for county and borough offices. Tragically, it was destroyed by fire in 1902. Architect John Campbell designed this magnificent Imperial Baroque structure. It served as a post office and court house from 1908 until 1938. Ngāi Te Rangi iwi then office here until the Old Post Office was purchased in 2018 to become a boutique hotel.
