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Kōrero: Weekends

Mowing the lawn, 1970

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Mowing the lawn, 1970

Shane and Carl Hollis mow the lawns – one pulling, the other pushing – in Te Atatū, Auckland, in 1970. Weekends, especially Saturdays, were the time for males and school-age children to do household chores, gardening, DIY (do-it-yourself) home repairs and building activities. For many women weekend household management was probably made more complicated by the added demands of older children and adult males.

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Flickr: Terry Hollis' photostream

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Peter Clayworth, Weekends – The great Kiwi weekend, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/39791/mowing-the-lawn-1970 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Peter Clayworth, i tāngia i te 30 November 2012.