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Biography: Friedlander, Marti

Ponsonby, 1971

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Ponsonby, 1971

Marti Friedlander’s 1971 photograph documents the moment in time when Ponsonby was a low income suburb, with a large Polynesian population, and much of its low rental housing stock looked tired. Subsequent gentrification forced Māori and Pacific communities out of Auckland’s older inner-city residential areas to the outlying suburbs.

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Auckland Art Gallery – Toi o Tāmaki

by Marti Friedlander

Permission of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

How to cite this page

Leonard Bell. 'Friedlander, Marti', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2021. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/47470/ponsonby-1971 (accessed 4 June 2026).