N.Z. Is ‘Land Of Devoted Husbands* To Mrs Arai

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30499, 22 July 1964, Page 2

N.Z. Is ‘Land Of Devoted Husbands* To Mrs Arai

New Zealand is the ‘"land of the devoted husband*' to Mrs Hisako .Arai. the New Zealand Meat Board’s chief television cooking demonstrator in Tokyo, who last year visited New Zealand.

Since retuniEg to Japan she has written numerous articles about New Zealand. One of them, published recently in a leading Japanese women's magazine, highlighted the "husband work.”

A tracsiariot’ of Mrs Aral's rommeats read: "The idea of New Zeaacd men start cmae from toe U toted, States or E-saaai where "toe lady fest preyatk. but New Zealand t jB-oar.-ij grwe toetr wives very speesai treatment. Soeevases is toe cartoons wives bqid only very ssk triad bags, but tee » 'jaded These eartoo-ns orimtsatod from yoking abo r New Zealand husbands. Beasu rt Barden “You wui see mack of this on a Friday acght, toe snop-P-ag rngnt. - Ail scxxm are e. 'jsed oc Saturday and Ssnday, to_-?refore neeesHues for toe week-end mart be boagnt before nine o’doek oe Friday nmt I saw many of. these New Zealand h-jsnands ssyseif The man follows toe wife anc carries toe pareels B hen be cannot carry any more to the ear he follows tss wife for even more things Tn.s manner amused and heartened toe ’ Day's Kewtine Mrs Aras sets out toe roo-j toe of a day in a New Zealand farm bouse. She writes: | "Five to 6 am: Husband gets ap. maxes himself cup j of tea and toast. goes no work. Tots is early morning tea. ”8 am.: Wife gets up. cooks breakfast (botied eggs or bam and eggs bread and butter, marmalade. coffee or tea). “10 am. Morning tea. with bssext. not cake or sand wxtoes. “1 pm.: Lunch (mainly mutton, cooked ic toe oven with mashed potatoes or freed potatoes, and green peas or some ocher vegetable; Sccjettmes they have sa.ad with ton “4 pm.: Much the same as 10 am “6 pjn.-7 pm: Dinner. If luneh was grilled, roost or slew for dinner. Father Carves “At one of toe houses father is cutting meat, mother telkng their son (about 17 years old). ‘lf you don't know about things like this you will never have a tore wife’

Son sad eyes fixed oc. father's nand and sodded to mother. Tss as flow to raise New Zealand h usband. . . Cutting meat oc the table and serving is htetoand’s day This is muefa different from toe Japanese hntoasd. He says. Tve teen working i. day. I am bred ' This is why he would not help wife and be is srtttog like great Buddha. “B:rt. of worse. setae New Zeaianc "lusbands do not agree with this idea of toe .deaf New husbaod. I erpiained to toem. 'Janas-

5E4? WH6 GG 1L- tGSL are very pleased- They say. ■ff tots country beearoe like Japan we wouid east your stastoe in bronze:' “Steady Persons” “But do not -sake any matake. This cnmfortabSe-itving wife is ecpiai. and eertatniy is not arrogasjt or ertravazarr.. New Zealand woraer. are hard workers in the bouse, they try to be good cooks, and to make their family and husbands happy They are very steady persons. . . . “Ail entertaining such as inviting friends in for a drink or having tea. is done at aotae. The happy mother, toe centre of toe family life, is protected by her kind New Zea±ar.i husband. This is New Zealand.”