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Story: Cards, board games and puzzles

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Māori use of games

  3. Games in colonial society

  4. Non-gambling games

  5. Gambling games

  6. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Māori use of games

Mengamenga board

Mengamenga board

Māori playing draughts, 1840s

Māori playing draughts, 1840s

Māori playing cards, 1840s

Māori playing cards, 1840s

Rua Kēnana's temple, 1908

Rua Kēnana's temple, 1908

From page 2 - Games in colonial society

Chess on board ship, 1865

Chess on board ship, 1865

Play Changeable Gentlemen

Play Changeable Gentlemen

Imported 19th-century games

Imported 19th-century games

Gentlemen playing cards, 1899

Gentlemen playing cards, 1899

From page 3 - Non-gambling games

New Zealand chess championships, 1956

New Zealand chess championships, 1956

Ortvin Sarapu

Ortvin Sarapu

Rotorua Bridge Club, 2011

Rotorua Bridge Club, 2011

National Monopoly championships, 2009

National Monopoly championships, 2009

Wayne Gould, populariser of Sudoku

Wayne Gould, populariser of Sudoku

Four Square Happy Families, 1950s

Four Square Happy Families, 1950s (1st of 5)

Educational Tour of New Zealand game

Educational Tour of New Zealand game (2nd of 5)

Cathedral, 2008

Cathedral, 2008 (3rd of 5)

Tantrix, 2005

Tantrix, 2005 (4th of 5)

Endeavor, 2009

Endeavor, 2009 (5th of 5)

From page 4 - Gambling games

Card-playing at the Literary Institute

Card-playing at the Literary Institute

Warning to Māori about playing cards, 1878

Warning to Māori about playing cards, 1878

Miners playing forty-fives, 1944

Miners playing forty-fives, 1944

Playing cards on a troopship, 1943

Playing cards on a troopship, 1943

SkyCity Festival of Poker, 2009

SkyCity Festival of Poker, 2009

How to cite this page:

Mark Derby, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/cards-board-games-and-puzzles/media (accessed 1 April 2023)

Story by Mark Derby, published 5 Sep 2013

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