Editing Onehunga (section)

=== Onehunga Post Office (former) ===
The Onehunga Post Office was built in 1901–2, in an Edwardian Baroque post office style, during a boom in post office construction throughout New Zealand in the early 20th century.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-05-11 |title=Landmark a trophy investment - Property News |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/property/landmark-a-trophy-investment/ZCROGD5HVI7XF5MYZRSXC7A7AE/ |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Designed by Government Architect [[John Campbell (architect)|John Campbell]], it is one of the earliest examples of the work of this prolific architect.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Welcome to Heritage New Zealand |url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/5473/Listing |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=Welcome to Heritage New Zealand |language=en}}</ref> Construction was completed on 3 February 1902, opening officially on 14 February 1902 and attended by a number of members of Parliament including [[Joseph Ward|Sir Joseph Ward]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wanganui Chronicle |date=15 February 1902 |title=Onehunga Post Office |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19020215.2.28.8?query=Onehunga+Post+Office&snippet=true |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> The building hosted essential public services such as mail, banking, and telegraph facilities.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Auckland Council’s Heritage Unit |date=December 2013 |title=Onehunga Heritage Survey Report |url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/arts-culture-heritage/heritage/heritagesurveys/onehunga-heritage-survey.pdf}}</ref> The former Post Office is located on the corner of Princes Street & Onehunga Mall Road (formerly Queen Street).<ref name=":1" /> By the 1990s the building was neglected and set for demolition, this was until the local community rallied and the building was refurbished in 1994–5.<ref name=":2" /> Since, it has hosted multiple hospitality businesses. The Onehunga Post Office is the oldest surviving building in Onehunga's business district and was appointed a Heritage Place Category 2 in July 1993.<ref name=":1" /><gallery mode="packed">
File:Onehunga Post Office Opening.jpg|The opening of the new Onehunga Post Office, 1902
File:Stately Older Post Office Onehunga Mall.jpg|Former Onehunga Post Office, 2011
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