Story: Sports and leisure

Home improvement

Home improvement

New Zealand men and women also spend much so-called ‘leisure time’ fixing up their homes inside and out – sewing curtains, wallpapering, painting and landscaping.

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Jock Phillips, 'Sports and leisure - Home and city', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/2243/home-improvement (accessed 19 April 2024)

Story by Jock Phillips, updated 1 Sep 2015