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Story: Ngā tāone nui – Māori and the city

State housing

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State housing

These children pose outside a Māori Affairs house in Takanini, Auckland, in the 1970s. State housing assisted Māori who moved into urban areas.

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Aroha Harris, Ngā tāone nui – Māori and the city – Māori migrate to the cities, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/24854/state-housing (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Aroha Harris, published 24 January 2011, updated 1 September 2024.