Old Government Buildings (Wellington)

 university, faculty of law / law school

The Government Buildings Historic Reserve, or more commonly referred to as the Old Government Buildings, is situated on Lambton Quay in Wellington. It was completed in 1876, is the largest wooden building in the Southern Hemisphere, and the second-largest wooden building in the world (after Tōdai-ji in Nara, Japan). Designed by Henry Clayton [1823-1877]
It was built to house New Zealand's civil service, and now houses the Victoria University of Wellington's Law School and the justices of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. The building, is classified as a "Category I" ("places of 'special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value'") historic place by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.