Crown land commissioner declines family's bid for Vogel HouseNZ HISTORIC PLACES TRUST Vogel House, in Lower Hutt, will not be returned to the Vogel family. Vogel House will not be returned to the Vogel family, the Crown land commissioner has ruled. "There's a mindset here that, no matter what application we put in front of the Crown land commissioner, it will be declined." The Crown land commissioner announced on Thursday that the brothers' application had been declined. SUPPLIED Prime minister Robert Muldoon and wife Thea in the newly renovated kitchen of Vogel House in 1977.

Source: Stuff June 30, 2016 02:21 UTC