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Kōrero: Suburbs

Living in the suburbs

Video file

This government newsreel from the late 1950s promotes the advantages of suburban family life, either in private or state-built housing.

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Archives New Zealand – Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: Pictorial Parade 97. National Film Unit, 1960

Permission of Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga must be obtained before any re-use of this material.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Mark Derby, Suburbs – The suburban ideal, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/25046/living-in-the-suburbs (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Mark Derby, i tāngia i te 25 May 2015.