Tuvaluan people in New Zealand
- In 2001, 84 percent of Tuvaluan adults reported involvement in unpaid or voluntary activities in the four weeks preceding the census – either inside or outside the home. This work included household work, looking after a child or ill person, as well as working for a community group.
- Household work, including cooking, repairs and gardening, was the most common category of unpaid work. In 2001, 84 percent of Tuvaluan women and 73 percent of Tuvaluan men reported participation in these activities.
- Looking after a child in the home was the next most common category (56 percent of Tuvaluan women and 44 percent of Tuvaluan men).
- Twenty percent of Tuvaluan men and 15 percent of Tuvaluan women were involved in voluntary work for an organisation.