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Story: Unpaid domestic work

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. The importance of unpaid work

  3. Housework and caregiving

  4. Making clothes and preserving food

  5. Gardens, orchards and poultry

  6. The shed

  7. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - The importance of unpaid work

Working mothers

Working mothers

Counting for nothing

Counting for nothing

Men’s unpaid work

Men’s unpaid work

From page 2 - Housework and caregiving

Doing the dishes

Doing the dishes

Looking after younger siblings

Looking after younger siblings

The 1950s couple

The 1950s couple

Who says I’m a cabbage?

Who says I’m a cabbage?

OSCAR after-school programme

OSCAR after-school programme

From page 3 - Making clothes and preserving food

School sewing

School sewing

Kitchen-floor dressmaking

Kitchen-floor dressmaking (1st of 3)

Knitting

Knitting (2nd of 3)

Sacking apron

Sacking apron (3rd of 3)

Bottling fruit

Bottling fruit

Jams and preserves

Jams and preserves

Home brew

Home brew

From page 4 - Gardens, orchards and poultry

Garden produce

Garden produce (1st of 3)

Frank Sargeson’s garden

Frank Sargeson’s garden (2nd of 3)

Mowing the lawn

Mowing the lawn (3rd of 3)

Yates garden guide

Yates garden guide

School gardening

School gardening

New Zealand Gardener

New Zealand Gardener

Going back to the garden

Going back to the garden

From page 5 - The shed

DIY advertisement

DIY advertisement

Norman Kirk paints the house

Norman Kirk paints the house

Burt Munro

Burt Munro

How to cite this page:

Matt Morris, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/unpaid-domestic-work/media (accessed 19 January 2021)

Story by Matt Morris, published 11 Mar 2010

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