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Kōrero: Culture and recreation in the city

Kids skipping

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Kids skipping

The Binns children play with a skipping rope at the back of their Grey Lynn home in Auckland, about 1905. City kids often played in their backyards or in the street.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections

Reference: 80-BIN60

by Ernest Charles Binns

Permission of Auckland City Libraries Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Jock Phillips, Culture and recreation in the city – Making their own fun, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/25664/kids-skipping (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 26 February 2010.