the pah mansion was eventually purchased by the roman catholic church in 1913 and renamed "monte cecilia", part of the remaining land close to the house was developed as monte cecilia primary school, and the house itself was used as emergency housing for many years. the auckland city council recently purchased the property. its magnificent grounds contain a number of interesting specimen trees and is now part of a public park named monte cecilia park which will eventually include the site of monte cecilia primary school which will be relocated elsewhere in the area. the house has been renovated and is now being used to display sir james wallace's extensive collection of new zealand modern art.