THREE KEY FACTS A Stats NZ Time Use survey has shown women spend an average 71 minutes a day longer on household work than men . Around 160,000 tonnes of food, worth nearly $1.2b, is binned in New Zealand every year , with about 50 per cent of that coming from homes and 15 per cent from shops.
According to The No Wash Club, a movement aimed at reducing the ecological impact of our laundry routines, items like jeans and wool jumpers may only need washing once every six months . Kim Knight is an award-winning senior lifestyle writer with a keen interest in the appropriate division of household labour. OPINION Milk should not approximate yoghurt.
Yoghurt should not have matured into cheese. And cheese should definitely not be a small planet hosting furry micro-organisms plotting to overthrow the condiments shelf..
