Spectrum for 27 April 2014

Researcher Margaret Tate shows Spectrums Jack Perkins around Palmerston North's Savage Crescent state housing precinct and they also meet long-time residents. Savage Crescent dates from 1937 and was designed as a garden suburb with curved streets, a variety of housing styles and a central common reserve. Named after the Prime Minister of the first Labour Government, It was the first of its kind outside the 4 main centres and has changed little in over 70 years.