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Kōrero: Childhood

Paper boy, 1960

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Paper boy, 1960

In the 2000s many children had jobs so they could earn pocket money for themselves. In the past, more children had to work to help support their family. This paper boy is selling the Evening Post newspaper outside a hotel on Willis Street in Wellington in 1960.

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Ans Westra Photographs

by Ans Westra

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Kerryn Pollock, Childhood – Family, school and work responsibilities, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/26283/paper-boy-1960 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Kerryn Pollock, i tāngia i te 22 March 2011.