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Kōrero: City parks and green spaces

Ice-skating rink

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In addition to providing urban people with open green spaces for recreation, some parks also contained amenities designed to entertain. In 1966 an ice skating rink was opened in Queenstown Gardens, providing locals and visitors with another form of winter fun.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: Pictorial Parade 180. National Film Unit, 1966

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Kerryn Pollock, City parks and green spaces – Early parks in smaller centres, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/20566/ice-skating-rink (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Kerryn Pollock, i tāngia i te 26 February 2010.