Skip to main content

Kōrero: Housing

Stopping plasterboard

Image
Stopping plasterboard

From the early 1900s plasterboard began to replace scrim (woven fabric) as a lining material in new houses. It was manufactured in New Zealand from 1927 and from 1931 was known as Gibraltar board. Here builders stop plasterboard (plaster the gaps and over nails) in a new 1950s house.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Fletcher Challenge Archives

Reference: 6279P/68

This item has been provided for private study purposes (such as school projects, family and local history research) and any published reproduction (print or electronic) may infringe copyright law. It is the responsibility of the user of any material to obtain clearance from the copyright holder.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Ben Schrader, Housing – Construction and materials, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/38659/stopping-plasterboard (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Ben Schrader, i tāngia i te 3 December 2012.