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Kōrero: Gambling

Playing housie, 1975

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Playing housie, 1975

Players participate in a game of housie (bingo) in an unknown Wellington hall. The game particularly appealed to working-class women, who sometimes brought their children with them to share in the fun.  

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1975/3915/29

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

David Grant, Gambling – Cards and games, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/39432/playing-housie-1975 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā David Grant, i tāngia i te 3 December 2012.