Māori children playing ruru
A stick game in progress, Rotorua, 1960s
Boys playing in the river, Dunedin, 1894
Doreen Gifford with her toy pram, around 1906
Devonport School playground, around 1910
Boys playing cricket, around 1896
Boys roughhousing, early 1900s
Kewpie doll (1st of 4)
Clockwork Mickey Mouse (2nd of 4)
Batmobile toy (3rd of 4)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (4th of 4)
Advertisement for children's cycles and pedal cars, 1932
Skateboarding, 1969
Riding to school on Great Barrier Island, 1950s
Playground games, Kaitāia, around 1910
Children playing rounders, Mission Bay, 1970s
Boys playing marbles, around 1900 (1st of 3)
Girls playing hopscotch, around 1970 (2nd of 3)
Children playing four square, 1959 (3rd of 3)
String games, Jerusalem, 1921
Young immigrant chess players, 1851
Holiday games, Auckland, 1924
Playtime at Mt Cook School, 1969
Bullrush in West Auckland, 2012
Boys on an eeling expedition, around 1910
A cycling adventure, around 1960
Public playground at Newtown, 1920s
Playground at Masterton Central School, around 1955 (1st of 3)
Grey Lynn adventure playground, 1975 (2nd of 3)
Kelston Primary School pupils at play, 2007 (3rd of 3)
Children at the 'grassy knoll', Auckland, 2011
Boy with a kite, 1919
Christmas shopping, 1956
Boy and teddy bear listen to a crystal set, 1928
Playing with Meccano, 1986
Children with Cabbage Patch Kids, 1985
Auckland Aero Club boys with model planes, 1947
The Tamagotchi invasion, 1997 (1st of 2)
Children playing computer games, 2006 (2nd of 2)