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for life, including fundamental movement skills, social and emotional connections, resilience, independence, and leadership. However, play is changing.

Social, environmental, technological, and economic trends mean opportunities for play look and feel different for tamariki.

Play deprivation is becoming an increasing international concern while at the same time new opportunities are emerging.

“In order to move forward we needed to identify what was Play ‘back then’,” Marie Kinloch, Community Development Lead – Play for Nuku Ora says.

“How has play stayed the same and how has play changed?”

“We also wanted to identify what are the challenges that get in the way of stakeholders and w nau from enabling high quality play experiences for our tamariki.

“Through this engagement in understanding our tamariki, wh nau, and communities we were able to unpack and gain a deeper understanding for the importance of play across our region, and how we are all responsible for shaping the future of play,” Marie says.

The Wellington Region Power of Play

We’d love to hear from you.

The elders of Enliven’s Huntleigh and Cashmere Homes are looking for fun-loving, caring, talented nurses to join their dedicated team.

With Enliven positive ageing services, you’ll enjoy a wide range of clinical work, a supportive work environment, plenty of professional development and career progression opportunities, a focus on wellbeing and lots of fun!

“I love it here. The environment is friendly, and there are recreational activities all week report generated six key insights: Children are our enduring innovators; Nature hasn’t changed, we have; It’s important to reclaim m tauranga M ri in play;

Safety has become structure; Resources have never been more precious; and Technology is here to stay.

The Power of Play process sought to hear and elevate the voices of those closest to play in Te Whanganui-a-Tara and consider the current barriers and enablers in our local play environments.

Contribution to the report came from various engagement methods with input from the sector, community leaders, parents, tamariki and their wider w nau, sharing their thoughts, ideas and experiences.

“This report will help to pave the way for what it will take to give more tamariki quality play experiences in the Wellington region,” Peta McMillan from Wellington City Council says.

The Wellington Region Power of Play report and more about Nuku Ora and the services they provide, is at https:// www.nukuora.org.nz/active-health-andwellness/the-play-space/.