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Outside the mainstream - state housing in New Zealand

Outside the mainstream

Many of us associate the beginning of state housing with the hipped-roof cottages built by the first Labour government of the 1930s and 40s. But the origin of state housing has much earlier roots. It has also been provided under a multitude of different schemes. This section highlights three of the non-mainstream schemes.

Workers' dwellings

Victorian villa with two children in front