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. There were two million people 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 per cent 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 that show what life of New Zealand looked like in the 1960s.
Devon St, New Plymouth, New Zealand, circa 1960
Bath house, Rototura, New Zealand, circa 1960
Bicycles, Moray Place, Dunedin, New Zealand, circa 1960
Moray Place and Filleul Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, circa 1960
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