Story: Children’s play

Playtime at Mt Cook School, 1969

This film clip shows playtime at Mt Cook School, Wellington, in 1969. Children's games include tag, piggy back fights, skipping and swinging on monkey bars.

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Reference: Pictorial Parade 216. National Film Unit, 1969

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Peter Clayworth, Children’s play – Physical games, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/40852/playtime-at-mt-cook-school-1969 (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Peter Clayworth, published 13 February 2013.