Kōrero: Cards, board games and puzzles

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 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

Mai i te whārangi 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

Mai i te whārangi 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 (1 o 5)

Educational Tour of New Zealand game

Educational Tour of New Zealand game (2 o 5)

Cathedral, 2008

Cathedral, 2008 (3 o 5)

Tantrix, 2005

Tantrix, 2005 (4 o 5)

Endeavor, 2009

Endeavor, 2009 (5 o 5)

Mai i te whārangi 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

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Mark Derby, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/cards-board-games-and-puzzles/media (accessed 23 April 2019)

Story by Mark Derby, published 5 Sep 2013