Heritage Tour & High Tea at Pah Homestead

Four dates available:
Saturday 7 October, 10am–12noon
Sunday 8 October, 10am-12noon
Saturday 14 October, 10am–12noon
Sunday 15 October, 10am-12noon

Tickets: $30 (includes morning tea at the Homestead Café)
This event is part of the Heritage Festival 2023

Join us for a tour of the Pah Homestead, rich in its history of colonial characters, architectural features; with Trish Northey. You will also be treated to the Homestead Café’s special heritage-themed morning tea. This popular event sells out quickly - be sure to get your tickets!

Ever wondered who was lucky enough to live in this magnificent location, considered one of the grandest nineteenth-century residences in Auckland? On this captivating tour, experienced heritage tour leader Trish Northey will regale you with stories about the Pah Homestead’s 170-year history and its intriguing past residents. Following the tour, you will be treated to the Homestead Café’s special heritage-themed morning tea.

Did you know:

Ngai Riukiuta, descendants of the Tainui voyaging canoe, settled on the Monte Cecilia site in the 1300s!
In 1872 an attempt was made on the life of then owner of the old homestead, Thomas Russell, by a disgruntled associate, Cyrus Haley, who took eight shots through the windows at random!
Designed by leading architects Edward Mahoney & Sons and built by Keane and Jenkinson, in the Italianate style made fashionable by Queen Victoria’s Osbourne House, the price tag was £20,000 – a huge sum in the 1870s.