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Story: Household management

Men at work

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Men at work

In this 1970 photograph two brothers-in-law are busy on the final stage of a do-it-yourself project. All the major building work has been done on the newly installed bathroom in which they are working – next up is painting.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP-Social-Families-1-02

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Megan Cook, Household management – Inside work, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/39695/men-at-work (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Megan Cook, published 28 November 2012.