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Kōrero: Children’s play

Children playing four square, 1959

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Children playing four square, 1959

A group of children play four square in 1959. Four square is a game that simply requires a marked surface, a ball and four players. It began as a formal game at some time in the 1950s, and was soon adopted by children as a spontaneous game that could be played without adult supervision.

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Peter Clayworth, Children’s play – The playground and the path to school, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/40848/children-playing-four-square-1959 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Peter Clayworth, i tāngia i te 13 February 2013.