The Street

This NFU documentary visits a street in a relatively new subdivision in Meadowbank in East Auckland to provide a fascinating slice-of-life look at the early 1970s ideal of raising a family and owning a house in the suburbs. The subjects are a largely homogenous group — Pākehā couples in their 20s or 30s with school aged children and a stay-at-home wife. Issues canvassed include paying the mortgage, raising children, social unrest, promiscuity and abortion; but the experience of women as housewives and mothers in the suburbs is the underlying story.

I think she’d like to have money of her own but whether she’d spend it wisely is another matter.

– Husband

Key Cast & Crew

David H Fowler

Producer

Brian Cross

Camera

Rob Ritchie

Interviewer, Director

Carole Stewart

Editor

Ivor Durham

Sound

Bob Halliday

Camera