Skip to main content

Tiro ki Te Ara ki te reo

  • English
  • Māori
  • Ngā Tuhinga A-Z
  • Te Reo Māori
  • Haurongo
  • Ētahi atu...
Tiro ki Te Ara ki te reo
  • English
  • Māori

Whakaraparapatia te Mātāpunenga

Ngā Tuhinga A-Z Te Reo Māori Haurongo Wāhanga Kupu matua Āu kōrero
  • Te Ara Home
  • ›
  • Ngā Mahi ia rā, ngā Hākinakina me ngā Korikori
  • ›
  • Leisure and Pastimes
  • ›
  • Gambling
  • ›
  • Whārangi

Kōrero: Gambling

Rarangi kaupapa

  1. Story summary

  2. Gambling in the 21st century

  3. Cards and games

  4. Sports betting

  5. Lotteries and raffles

  6. Lotto, pokies and casinos

  7. Opponents and social impact

  8. Hononga, rauemi nō waho

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Gambling in the 21st century

Feeling lucky, 2008

Feeling lucky, 2008

Total gambling turnover

Total gambling turnover

A symbolic cheque

A symbolic cheque

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Cards and games

Skittle balls

Skittle balls

Harry Moss, early 20th century

Harry Moss, early 20th century

Thames gold miners, 1868

Thames gold miners, 1868

Chinese gambling

Chinese gambling

Collecting winnings, 1918

Collecting winnings, 1918 (1 o 2)

Soldiers playing two-up, around 1941

Soldiers playing two-up, around 1941 (2 o 2)

Playing housie, 1975

Playing housie, 1975

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Sports betting

Ellerslie bookmakers, November 1910

Ellerslie bookmakers, November 1910

Came a hot Friday

Came a hot Friday

Feilding TAB, 1951

Feilding TAB, 1951

TAB rugby betting

TAB rugby betting

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Lotteries and raffles

Art union ticket, 1910

Art union ticket, 1910

Tramway Boys' Art Union advertisement

Tramway Boys' Art Union advertisement

Art union ticket, 1938

Art union ticket, 1938

Golden Kiwi draw

Golden Kiwi draw

Raffle ticket, 1961

Raffle ticket, 1961

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Lotto, pokies and casinos

 First Lotto draw

First Lotto draw

Playing Keno

Playing Keno (1 o 2)

Lotto's Winning Wheel

Lotto's Winning Wheel (2 o 2)

Pokie machines

Pokie machines

Sky City opening night, 1997

Sky City opening night, 1997

Mai i te whārangi 6 - Opponents and social impact

Anti-gambling pamphlet, around 1910s

Anti-gambling pamphlet, around 1910s

Banning fan-tan

Banning fan-tan

Opposing off-course betting

Opposing off-course betting

Pokie machine street-theatre performance

Pokie machine street-theatre performance

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

David Grant, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/gambling/media (accessed 26 May 2022)

He kōrero nā David Grant, i tāngia i te 5 Sep 2013

He kōrero anō mō...

Leisure and Pastimes

  • Mau rākau – Māori use of weaponry

    Mau rākau

  • Leisure in traditional Māori society – ngā mahi a te rēhia

    Ngā mahi a te rēhia

  • Traditional Māori games – ngā tākaro

    Ngā takaro a ngā tūpuna

  • Mō te paetukutuku
  • Whakapā mai
  • Rārangi Whakamārama
  • Mahere Pae Tukutuku
  • Te Mana Tārua
  • Tauākī matatapu
  • Whakakape
Whai mai i a Te Ara ma enei pae papaho
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Flickr
Tonoa tā mātou pānui, Te Hiko
Read the Creative Commons license

All text licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 New Zealand Licence unless otherwise stated.
Ka taea pea te whakamahi anō mō ngā āhuatanga arumoni, engari me mātua tono mai. He here motuhake i runga i ngā mea katoa ehara i te tuhinga. © Manatārua Karauna.

  • Other Ministry sites

  • Visit NZHistory.govt.nz
  • Visit VietnamWar.govt.nz
  • Visit 28MaoriBattalion.org.nz
  • Vist QuakeStories.govt.nz
  • Visit MCH.govt.nz
New Zealand Govt logo