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Story: City children and youth

Skateboarding

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Skateboarding
Skateboarders show off their skills in a Lower Hutt street in 1978. Safety concerns over skateboarders using streets led councils to construct skateboard parks – usually consisting of various ramps and bowls.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1978/0264/24

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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How to cite this page

Ben Schrader, City children and youth – City, suburbs and recreation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/21960/skateboarding (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ben Schrader, published 4 February 2010.