Kōrero in the City

In October 2025, InCommon joined forces with Our Stories Project, Gap Filler, and Humans of Ōtautahi for an event called Kōrero in the City, which was part of the Christchurch Heritage Festival 2025.

This interactive installation in Cashel Mall invited passersby to share their stories of play or interview each other about play using our story booth. Visitors also tried out the Kōrero Tākaro marble game and shared memories on postcard wall. 

Across the four days, 17 interviews were recorded from people of all ages and cultures. We heard lots of great stories about favourite childhood play such as tree climbing, hide and seek and how important it was to have a gang of other kids to roam around the neighbourhood with. 

Listen to a compilation of these stories, plus our original interviews about the global appeal of marbles, Fijian pani and the history of snakes and ladders here.