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Children and pets

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Children and pets

Rosalee shows off her pet mouse, Coke. Keeping pets is a common part of growing up in New Zealand. It teaches children how to relate to and care for animals, and helps them learn about the facts of life and death.

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Pet Magazine

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Nancy Swarbrick, Pets – Pets and other animals, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/19724/children-and-pets (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 1 March 2009.