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

Clockwork Mickey Mouse

Batmobile toy

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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

Girls playing hopscotch, around 1970

Children playing four square, 1959

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

Grey Lynn adventure playground, 1975

Kelston Primary School pupils at play, 2007

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

Children playing computer games, 2006