Story: Children’s play
Page 9. All images & media
From page 1 - Traditional Māori and settler children’s play
From page 2 - The changing world of children’s play, 1880s to 2000s
From page 3 - The playground and the path to school
From page 4 - Physical games
From page 5 - Where children play
From page 6 - Toys – from homemade to mass market
From page 7 - Toys, commercialism and technology
How to cite this page
Peter Clayworth, Children’s play, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/222339/media (accessed 24 June 2026).
Story by Peter Clayworth, published 14 June 2013.