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Kōrero: Suburbs

Nuclear family

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Nuclear family

A family stand outside their Auckland suburban home in this 1943 photo by John Pascoe. They typify the nuclear family that suburban life was intended to support.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, John Dobrée Pascoe Collection (PAColl-0783)

Reference: 1/4-000619; F

by John Dobrée Pascoe

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Mark Derby, Suburbs – Suburban life since the 1970s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/25073/nuclear-family (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Mark Derby, i tāngia i te 4 February 2010.