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Town Planning Conference, 1919

Delegates at the 1919 Town Planning Conference pose outside the Wellington town hall. Among other things, the conference called for the construction of garden-city settlements and a town-planning act to better control the growth of towns and cities. Women had their own sessions at the conference.

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Ben Schrader, City planning – Town planning emerges, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/25730/town-planning-conference-1919 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ben Schrader, published 3 March 2010, updated 26 March 2015.