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Story: Rhythms of daily life

How the day goes, 2009–10

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This graph shows that in 2009–10 women and men used their time in different ways. Women were doing more childcare and household work, while men were undertaking more training, education and paid work. As women participated more in the paid workforce, the most noticeable differences became those between women with children and other adults. 

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Source: Statistics New Zealand

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Megan Cook, Rhythms of daily life – Schedules and routines of life, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/graph/40482/how-the-day-goes-2009-10 (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Megan Cook, published 11 December 2012.