Kōrero: Population change

Baby boom generation, about 1969

Baby boom generation, about 1969

The baby boom was a period of significantly increased and relatively high fertility which occurred in New Zealand between the mid-1940s and the early 1970s. The fertility rate was more than four births per woman at its peak in the 1960s, which was high internationally. The Faulknor children of Wainuiomata (known as 'Nappy Valley' at the time because of the number of families with young children) represent this population trend. Clockwise from bottom left, Sandra was born in 1961, Stephanie in 1965, Trevor in 1967 and Janine in 1963.

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Private collection, Faulknor family

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Ian Pool and Natalie Jackson, 'Population change - Pākehā fertility and mortality', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/28730/baby-boom-generation-about-1969 (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Ian Pool and Natalie Jackson, i tāngia i te 5 May 2011, reviewed & revised 23 Aug 2018 me te āwhina o Natalie Jackson