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Thermal insulation required in NZ homes
Early European-style timber frame construction was not as effective as traditional Māori methods at keeping the heat in buildings. Specified levels of thermal insulation were not required by law until 1978.
Shipping container house, Wellington
The three storey shipping container house at 173 Happy Valley Road, Wellington
Afterlife of shipping containers
Most containers pass through the hands of an entire new industry that has arisen to modify containers for other uses or to sell or lease them. In response, architects have coined the term ‘container architecture’ to cover this expanding field.
Vogel House
Vogel House in Lower Hutt in 1975, the year it became the official Prime Minister's residence.
The first premier house - housing NZ's prime ministers
Nathan Levin's residence Our first premiers had to find their own digs. Before Parliament moved from Auckland to Wellington in 1865, they had to hunt for housing before taking their seats. That changed in 1865, when the government bought the premier a simple 22-year-old wooden cottage in Thorndon’s Tinakori Road. This was a damp, flood-prone gully, but it was close to Parliament. A Wellington newspaper, elated by the city’s new status, thought the £2900 price ‘cheap’.
Housing NZ's prime ministers
Almost 150 years after the government purchased the first official premier's residence on Tinakori Road, Wellington, the address of Premier House remains the same. But in the intervening years the building has been extended, renamed, abandoned and refurbished.
New Zealand in 1918
Some facts and stats about New Zealand in the year of the First World War armistice
Further information - children and adolescents, 1930-60
Links Bodgies and widgies in Dunedin. All about bodgies and widgies in 1950s Dunedin, including a link to an article on the 'Beau Monde' written by Richard Kilgour of Otago University. The Parker-Hulme case.The Christchurch City Libraries resource pack for the Parker-Hulme case Exhibition on Wellington Cafe culture on this site
The post-war family - children and adolescents, 1930-60
As a consequence of the post-war economic boom there was increasing demand for consumer goods. The 1956 census revealed that more than half of New Zealand homes possessed washing machines, refrigerators and electric ovens.
Pole house in Titirangi
Pole house, Titirangi, 1980.
Wharenui scene
Wharenui at a marae in  Mangere, 1966.
A 1940s family
A New Zealand family in front of their home, 1943
Children and adolescents, 1930-1960
The need for the New Zealand government to promote national interests during the Depression and the Second World War created a renewed appreciation of the role of the family within society.
A home of one's own - life in the 20th century
New Zealanders have called many structures home. Some have been solid and permanent: kauri villas set in lawns and gardens, row houses on cramped Dunedin sections, sprawling state house communities in Otara, mock-Tudor mansions with three-car garages in Remuera, penthouse apartments in inner-city Wellington
The state steps in and out - housing in New Zealand
The National government introduced full market rents in 1991 to reduce the state role in housing provision. From the start, public debate over state housing policy in New Zealand has centred on this very issue: how far should governments intervene in the housing market.
Naenae community centre plans
Designed in a severe, Modern Movement style (by E. A. Plischke), the Naenae Community Centre was to be a vast complex and the social hub of Naenae life. It was never built in this form.
Savage Crescent state housing scheme
This is the original plan for the Savage Crescent scheme in Palmerston North, clearly showing the importance then given to the central reserve. The plan included communal garages, but these were later removed.
Rata Vine Drive, state housing
These houses on Rata Vine Drive, South Auckland, were built in the mid 1980s and sited to encourage neighbours to talk to each other, across fences or on the street
Glenn Innes state housing flats
These Star Flats (so named because of their shape) were constructed in the 1960s on the Talbot Park block in Glen Innes, Auckland. They have since been refurbished as part of Housing New Zealand Corporation's Community Renewal initiative.
Greys Avenue flats
The main thrust of the first Labour government's state housing programme was directed towards the construction of single-unit suburban homes, which were considered more suitable for families.

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