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Porirua was built as a satellite city for Wellington in the 1950s and 1960s. This 1958 film highlights the erection of new houses and provision of shops and other amenities in the settlement.
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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Reference: Pictorial Parade 79. National Film Unit, 1958
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