Wellington Girls' College has been evacuated due to emergency access concerns after the 7.8 earthquake which struck on Monday.
About 550 pupils have been sent home as a precaution.
The building is structurally fine, but there are concerns about access to emergency areas.
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Posted by Wellington Girls' College on Thursday, 17 November 2016
The school has emphasised that this is not an emergency situation, but rather, a precaution in case of an emergency arising.
Any students who are not able to go home immediately will be looked after until 3.20pm by staff members, said the school on Facebook.
NCEA exams will continue as normal this afternoon and next week as they are set to take place in a different building.
"Our buildings are still safe, and students who are sitting exams can be reassured that they will not be at any increased risk, following the decision to close the school to junior students," the schoool said on social media.
Junior classes are likely to be cancelled on Monday.
Housing New Zealand staff were evacuated from their offices in Wellington CBD before 3pm today.
The evacuation follows HNZ staff noticing the angle of the floor on level nine of the building.
HNZ spokeswoman Bryony Hilless said the owner of the building at 80 Boulcott St arranged for an engineers' inspection following Monday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake.
"That report came back saying the building was structurally sound with some superficial plaster cracks."
Hillness said this initial assessment happened today, however staff noticed the floor once back in the office.
"The engineers have said that to get a better understanding of any damage they will need to move desks around and pull up carpet.
"To enable them to get this work underway quickly we've asked our staff to leave the office before 3pm this afternoon."
HNZ occupy levels eight to ten of the Boulcott St building. Other tenants include Wilson Parking, Eftpos NZ and the Educational Council.
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