# Kinder House

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{{Short description|Heritage building in Auckland, New Zealand}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox building
| image            = John Kinder house, Parnell, Auckland.jpg
| caption          = John Kinder House in 2021
| address          = Ayr Street, [Parnell, Auckland](/source/Parnell%2C_Auckland)
| location_country = New Zealand
| coordinates      = {{coord|-36.861982|174.782409}}
| embedded = {{designation list|embed=yes|designation1=NZ Category I|designation1_number=110|designation1_date=11-Nov-1985}}
}}
'''Kinder House''' is a [historic house](/source/List_of_category_1_historic_places_in_Auckland) on Ayr Street, in the suburb of [Parnell](/source/Parnell%2C_New_Zealand), [Auckland](/source/Auckland), New Zealand.

== History ==
thumb|A photograph of Kinder House taken by John Kinder, the owner.|left
Kinder House, sometimes known as "The Headmaster's House"<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://collection.aucklandartgallery.govt.nz/collection/results.do?view=detail&db=object&id=6015 |title=Headmaster's House – aucklandartgallery.govt.nz |access-date=11 April 2010 |archive-date=18 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081018234616/http://collection.aucklandartgallery.govt.nz/collection/results.do?view=detail&db=object&id=6015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> was built in 1857. It was commissioned by Bishop [George Selwyn](/source/George_Selwyn_(bishop_of_Lichfield)) and designed by [Frederick Thatcher](/source/Frederick_Thatcher), architect of many [Anglican](/source/Anglican) buildings in Auckland. The house is a Gothic-style, double-storey mansion built of grey volcanic stone quarried from nearby [Mount Eden](/source/Mount_Eden).

The house was the residence of [London](/source/London)-born [John Kinder](/source/John_Kinder_(priest)) (1819{{Snd}} 1903), an Anglican priest, painter, photographer and headmaster of the [Church of England Grammar School, Parnell](/source/Church_of_England_Grammar_School%2C_Parnell). He occupied the house with his wife and the six children of his brother Henry Kinder, who was [murdered in 1865](/source/Julian_Salomons) by John's sister-in-law and her lover.

The house was opened to the public as a gallery in 1982.<ref>[http://www.kinder.org.nz/the-church-of-england-grammar-school-at-parnell-1854-1893 Kinder House – Grammar School At Parnell – Kinder.org.nz]</ref> The house is also used for [wedding reception](/source/wedding_reception)s and other functions. In 2012, leading landscape photographers from New Zealand and abroad exhibited New Zealand [landscape photography](/source/landscape_photography) at a Kinder House exhibition organized by the Contemporary Photography Foundation, during the Auckland Festival of Photography.<ref>[http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1204/S00274/a-world-class-landscape-exhibition.htm A World Class Landscape Exhibition]</ref>

== Reported haunting ==
It is claimed that the house is haunted by the apparition of a man.<ref>Kinder House – Ghost Hunt: True New Zealand Ghost Stories (2005) {{ISBN|0-7900-1012-7}}</ref> Because of this, it was visited by a team of [paranormal](/source/paranormal) investigators in 2005 and featured on [''Ghost Hunt''](/source/Ghost_Hunt_(NZ_TV_series)), a New Zealand television show.<!--what did they conclude?-->

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.kinder.org.nz/ Kinder House Official Website]

== External links ==
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{{Parnell, New Zealand}}

Kinder House
Category:Houses completed in 1857
Category:1857 establishments in New Zealand
Category:Heritage New Zealand Category 1 historic places in the Auckland Region
Category:Historic houses in New Zealand
Category:Parnell, New Zealand
Category:Reportedly haunted locations in Auckland
Category:Historic house museums in New Zealand
Category:Museums in Auckland

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