Pompallier Mission is a nineteenth-century building located in Russell, New Zealand which once served as the headquarters to the French Catholic mission to the Western Pacific. It is named after Jean Baptiste Pompallier, the first vicar apostolic to visit New Zealand, who founded a number of missions in the North Island. Pompallier Mission is owned and managed by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, who open it to the public. The building is remarkable for many features. It is New Zealand's oldest Roman Catholic building, oldest rammed earth building, and oldest industrial building.
