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Description

Building plan for a two-storey block of flats with communal facilities. Post WWII there was a shortage of housing in New Zealand, and this building was part of the plan for temporary (transit) housing for people in need. A camp of transit housing was constructed in Hokowhitu, but It is unknown if this block was built in South Street.

Identification

Object type
Image
Archive
PNCC
Date
May 1, 1946
Digitisation ID
2017Pa_PNCC4-8-2-M134-6_019987
Format
Paper

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Taxonomy

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housing,
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transit housing,
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