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Kōrero: Domestic recreation and hobbies

Backyard fun, 2006

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Backyard fun, 2006

The decline in backyard vegetable gardening after the Second World War paved the way for new uses of this space. The backyard became a major site of outdoor family recreation. Trampolines were a common sight in larger backyards, like this one belonging to the Aschebrook family of Auckland.

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New Zealand Herald

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by Adrian Malloch

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Kerryn Pollock, Domestic recreation and hobbies – Gardening and making things, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/41110/backyard-fun-2006 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Kerryn Pollock, i tāngia i te 14 March 2013.