Kerikeri Stone Store, Northland, New Zealand. The Stone Store, A Former Storehouse, Is The Oldest Stone Building In New Zealand, Construction Having Begun On 19 April 1832. The Keystone Above The Door Bearing The Date 1833 Is Thought To Have Been Carved By The Stonemason William Parrott Who Cut The Sydney Sandstone In Situ, But Construction Of The Building Was Not Actually Completed Until Mid-1836. Stone Was Used Because The Missionaries Needed A Vermin-Free, Fireproof Area For Their Supplies And Provisions, And For Improved Security From Inquisitive MäOri. There Was A Plan To Build A Mill Where The Bridge Exists Now, And To Protect The Flour Produced From Locally Grown Wheat In The Store. But The Mill Never Eventuated, And The Millstones Brought Out From England Went Inland To Waimate North Instead.

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