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State house, 1930s
Most state houses in the 1930s and 40s were constructed for nuclear families
State houses in Naenae, 1945
A group of under-fives hold an animated meeting in Jutland Street, Naenae, c. 1945. Note the woman (possibly a mother of one or more of the children) watching the 'performance' through the window of the flat-roofed house.
Naenae community centre pamphlet
This collage formed the back cover of a pamphlet promoting the community centre to Naenae residents in 1948. It is designed to convey the type of activities that might be hosted by the centre.
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. Archives New Zealand/Te Whare Tohu Tuhituhinga O Aotearoa Head Office Wellington Archives Reference: NASH 1535 0466 0520 2912 Income Support Service
Naenae state housing project
Mark Fagan and his Labour colleagues believed that nuclear family life was best lived in suburban housing estates like this one at Naenae, Lower Hutt
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