Wellington's Katherine Mansfield House has suffered another setback following last week's magnitude 7.8 earthquake.
A brick wall which fell onto the historic house in the quake toppled too far the other way when contractors tried to move it on Wednesday morning.
Airbags were placed between the brick wall and the house, and were inflated to lift the wall off the house.
However, it then toppled over into the neighbouring property.
Katherine Mansfield Birthplace Society president Nicola Saker says the wall fell on a special garden containing many heritage plants which will now have to be replanted, but it is "a great relief" getting it off the house.
"It wasn't the Berlin wall, but it was a wall" says Ms Saker.
The wall "must have weighed a tonne" and was gradually pushing the house's foundations to a stress point.
Although the house needs some further repairs, it is expected to re-open to visitors next week.
Katherine Mansfield House is so named because it is the childhood home of one of New Zealand's most renowned authors. It is a Category 1 historic building.
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