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Members' lobby

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Members' lobby
After the 1907 fire at Parliament, workers sift through the charred remains of the members' lobby. Sheets of corrugated iron from the collapsed roof litter the floor.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Malcolm Ross Collection

Reference: 1/2-003974-G

by Malcolm Ross

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Ben Schrader, Public buildings – Central-government buildings, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/36449/members-lobby (accessed 22 June 2026).

Story by Ben Schrader, published 29 May 2012.