After the Second World War birth rates increased. More women married and at younger ages. This led to a baby boom for Pākehā mothers which lasted until the early 1970s. This booklet (produced by the National Party for the 1949 election campaign) shows a family at the beginning of the baby boom. These parents have made a good start and their relative youth suggests that there is plenty of time for child number four.
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Eph-A-NZ-NATIONAL-PARTY-1949-01-cover
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