During the 1960s the arrival of TV and jet airliners shrank our world, and New Zealanders began to express themselves on a range of international issues, including opposition to the Vietnam War.
New Zealand in the 1960s was a relative paradise. Two million people were living in a welfare state. There was no unemployment and about one murder a year. Men worked about 40 hours a week and most women stayed at home to look after the house and children.
The system was geared accordingly and with a State Advances Corporation loan available at 4 percent interest, most people could attain home ownership, on a full section and be mortgage-free by retirement age.
These amazing Kodachrome slides from Dave’s Old Slides show what life of New Zealand looked like in the 1960s.
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| Devon St, New Plymouth, New Zealand, circa 1960 |
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| Bathhouse, Rototura, New Zealand, circa 1960 |
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| Bicycles, Moray Place, Dunedin, New Zealand, circa 1960 |
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| Moray Place and Filleul Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, circa 1960 |
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| Te Kauwhata, New Zealand, circa 1960 |
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| Princes Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1961 |
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| In front of the Chief Post Office, Blenheim, New Zealand, circa 1962 |
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| Road safety at Marton Junction School, North Island, New Zealand, March 1962 |
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| Scorching Bay, Wellington, New Zealand, circa 1962 |
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| Wakatipu District Centennial, Queenstown, New Zealand, 1962 |
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| Auckland War Memorial Museum, New Zealand, circa 1963 |
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| Bedford truck with hay bales, New Zealand, circa 1963 |
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| Dunedin Railway Station, New Zealand, circa 1963 |
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| Looking south-west from High and Rattray streets, Dunedin, New Zealand, circa 1963 |
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| Oriental Bay, Wellington, New Zealand, circa 1963 |
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| Post Office, Whakatāne, New Zealand, circa 1963 |
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| Tram in Riddiford Street, Newtown, Wellington, New Zealand, circa 1963 |
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| Tulips, New Zealand, circa 1963 |
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| Whakatāne, New Zealand, circa 1963 |
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| Whakatāne, New Zealand, circa 1963 |
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| Whakatāne, New Zealand, circa 1963 |
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| Whakatāne, New Zealand, circa 1963 |
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| Quay Street, Auckland, New Zealand, circa 1964 |
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| Ice skating at Queenstown, New Zealand, circa 1965 |
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| Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, New Zealand, circa 1965 |
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| Photographers and VW beetle, New Zealand, circa 1965 |
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| Pukaki, New Zealand, 1965 |
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| Strong’s shop at Naseby, Otago, New Zealand, circa 1965 |
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| The Victoria Railway Hotel, Invercargill, New Zealand, circa 1965 |
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| Chief Post Office, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1967 |
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| Musicians at Quail Valley, Nelson, New Zealand, circa 1967 |
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| Quay Street, Auckland, New Zealand, 1967 |
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| Quay Street, Auckland, New Zealand, 1967 |
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| Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand, 1967 |
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| Wairakei Hotel, New Zealand, December 1967 |
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| Cambridge, New Zealand, circa 1968 |
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| Children at a petrol station, Lake Pukaki, New Zealand, 1968 |
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| Halfmoon Bay, Stewart Island, New Zealand, circa 1968 |
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| New Brighton, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1968 |
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| Pukaki Airport, New Zealand, 1968 |
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| Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand, 1968 |
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| Shortland Street, Auckland, New Zealand, 1968 |
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| THC Milford, New Zealand, circa 1968 |
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| United Service Hotel, Cathedral Square, Christchurch, 1968 |
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| Vulcan Lane, Auckland, New Zealand, 1968 |
