Dixon Street Flats, Heritage residential building in Wellington, New Zealand

Dixon Street Flats is a ten-story residential building with clean horizontal lines and minimal decoration typical of modernist design. The structure holds around 115 one-bedroom apartments arranged in a compact layout designed for efficient urban living.

The Dixon Street Flats were completed in 1944 as part of the first Labour Government's state housing programme, designed by Gordon Wilson, chief architect of the Department of Housing Construction. The building was officially opened on 4 September 1943, six months before completion, to serve as publicity for the Labour Party's election campaign. Originally intended for single women and retired couples, priority was given to returning soldiers who were marrying. It was the first major high-rise and first major apartment block completed in Wellington after the Second World War.

The flats introduced a new way of living to Wellington residents, bringing European apartment culture to New Zealand after the war. People experienced shared building spaces and a different rhythm of urban living compared to traditional separate homes.

The flats were boarded up by 2024 and residents relocated, so there is no interior access. The ten-storey block stands on Dixon Street in central Wellington, and its facade can be viewed from the street. Heritage New Zealand listed it as a Category 1 historic place in 1997.

The building was officially opened on 4 September 1943, six months before it was finished, because a general election was approaching and the flats made good publicity for the Labour Party campaign. The Minister of Works used the occasion to point out the privacy, sunlight and soundproofing, and each flat was wired for radio with its own aerial connection.