This central Auckland cottage tells a remarkable tale of the city’s bicultural history

Rose Davis, CC BY NC ND This story begins with a 160 year old cottage, sited in a vortex of overlapping histories, and becomes the tale of a city itself. The green and cream weatherboard house at 18 Wynyard Street is a rare survivor of the old dwellings that once lined this central Auckland lane. These days it houses the University of Auckland s James Henare Research Centre, dedicated to empowering M ori in the Te Tai Tokerau region. But the cottage was originally built in the 1860s to provide