Experts' Choice Award Katherine Mansfield House and Garden
What the experts agree on
Literary icon Katherine Mansfield's restored wooden childhood home offers insight into the NZ author's origins, with rooms evoking the Wellington settings that inspired her celebrated short stories.
“Mansfield left to pursue her career in Europe when she was 20, but many of her short stories take place in Wellington.”
– Fodor's
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"Katherine Mansfield, an icon of New Zealand literature, was born in 1888 in this simple wooden house, restored following an archaeological dig." Full review
Frommer's "New Zealand’s most distinguished author and a short-story writer...if you’re familiar with Mansfield’s stories, you’ll get a sense of what inspired them as you walk about the family home" Full review
Lonely Planet "Often compared to Chekhov and Maupassant, Katherine Mansfield is one of NZ’s most distinguished authors." Full review
