Venues

Located in Monte Cecilia Park, the heritage building Pah Homestead is home to the NZ contemporary art collection of the James Wallace Arts Trust.

A picturesque farm landscape, including a series of gardens and tree lined driveways, was developed around the Homestead, the remnants of which can still be seen. Monte Cecilia Park has one of the finest collections of large and rare exotic trees in Auckland and enjoys views that include the Manukau Harbour, One Tree Hill and the Waitakere Ranges.

At various times it has served as an orphanage, novitiate house, boarding school and emergency housing. Today, it remains largely as it was built, with almost all of its original door and window joinery, elaborate ceiling roses, parquet floors and marble fireplaces intact.