Dominion Farmers' Institute

The Dominion Farmers' Institute was an investment company formed to erect a suitable building to house central national offices for New Zealand's agricultural, pastoral and horticultural associations and the many other groups involved with work on the land and their many products.

Members attended national meetings in Wellington and often made group and individual representations to government ministers.

The site is on Featherston Street, Wellington, the nation's financial centre and yet close to government offices and Parliament.

It covers a quarter-acre block with frontages to Featherston, Ballance and Maginnity Streets and contains a total floor area in excess of two acres.

[5] The Reserve Bank of New Zealand opened for business on the ground floor of the Dominion Famers' Building on 1 August 1934.