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Story: Children’s play

Page 9. All images & media

From page 1 - Traditional Māori and settler children’s play

From page 2 - The changing world of children’s play, 1880s to 2000s

From page 3 - The playground and the path to school

From page 4 - Physical games

From page 5 - Where children play

From page 6 - Toys – from homemade to mass market

From page 7 - Toys, commercialism and technology

How to cite this page

Peter Clayworth, Children’s play, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/222339/media (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Peter Clayworth, published 14 June 2013.