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Kōrero: Women’s labour organisations

A hard day’s work

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A hard day’s work

Paid work, children (large and small), study, housework, cooking and time with her partner made Tania’s day a very full and sometimes frantic one. ‘It’s all about time management, eh? You can’t waste a minute’, she said. A part-time teacher from Ruatōria on the East Coast, Tania had five children aged from seven months to 14 years at the time of this NACEW campaign.

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National Advisory Council on the Employment of Women

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Megan Cook, Women’s labour organisations – Women’s organisations, 1950s–2020s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/26383/a-hard-days-work (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Megan Cook, i tāngia i te 22 March 2011.