By 1965 the sprawling state-housing suburb of Cannons Creek, Porirua East, had been developed over what were formerly gorse-clad hills. In the 1960s the new suburbs sprawling across New Zealand's urban landscape came under attack for failing to provide a sense of community for many of their residents. People who did not fall into the ideal nuclear family pattern, such as teenagers, the elderly or single people, spoke of feeling isolated, bored or lonely in the suburbs. Listen to this clip from a 1966 radio documentary to hear what some of them thought.
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Image: Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685), EP/1965/3606
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