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Family DIY, 2012

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Family DIY, 2012

Do-it-yourself (DIY) home maintenance is a New Zealand tradition and a practice that is both non-paid work and hobby. This photograph shows three generations of one family painting a Dunedin house. 

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Otago Daily Times

Reference: 4 January 2012, p. 1

by Jane Dawber

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Kerryn Pollock, Domestic recreation and hobbies – Gardening and making things, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/41113/family-diy-2012 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 14 March 2013.