Lookout - The City and the Suburb: Housing New Zealand in the Twentieth Century Part 1: Mansions and Mean Streets
In this two-part Lookout documentary from 1983, critic Hamish Keith explores how New Zealanders have housed themselves over the 20th Century. This first part builds to 1935: it begins in Auckland War Memorial Museum, with Keith asking how Kiwis would represent themselves if they were curators in the future. He presents the state house as the paramount Kiwi icon, and examines the journey from Victorian slums and Queen Street sewers to villas, bungalows and suburbia; plus the impact on housing of cars, consumerism, influenza, war, depression, and new ideas in town planning.
Primary Title
- Lookout - The City and the Suburb: Housing New Zealand in the Twentieth Century
Secondary Title
- Part 1: Mansions and Mean Streets
Date Broadcast
- 1983
Channel
- TV One
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Programme Description
- In this two-part Lookout documentary from 1983, critic Hamish Keith explores how New Zealanders have housed themselves over the 20th Century. This first part builds to 1935: it begins in Auckland War Memorial Museum, with Keith asking how Kiwis would represent themselves if they were curators in the future. He presents the state house as the paramount Kiwi icon, and examines the journey from Victorian slums and Queen Street sewers to villas, bungalows and suburbia; plus the impact on housing of cars, consumerism, influenza, war, depression, and new ideas in town planning.
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Documentary television programs--New Zealand
- Housing--New Zealand--History
Genres
- Documentary
- History
Hosts
- Hamish Keith (Presenter)
Contributors
- Bill Saunders (Producer)
- Hamish Keith (Writer)
- George Andrews (Executive Producer)
- Television New Zealand (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Documentary television programs--New Zealand
- Housing--New Zealand--History