Monday 19 September
New Zealand Woman’s Weekly State of NZ Marriage Survey – in conjunction with Colmar Brunton
New Zealand’s best-read newsstand magazine New Zealand Woman’s Weekly and Colmar Brunton have joined forces to measure
New Zealanders’ feelings on marriage in the inaugural State of New Zealand Marriage survey.
Conducted by Colmar Brunton during August 2011, the survey asked Kiwis aged 18-64 more than 30 questions about love,
life and the state of their relationships. “New Zealand Woman’s Weekly knows New Zealand women, but we wanted to
understand whether marriage was still important to them,” says Sarah Stuart, New Zealand Woman’s Weekly editor.
While some results were expected, such as women still being unhappy about the domestic chore split and making more
compromises in relationships, the survey also revealed that 29% of New Zealanders have had an affair and 47% of couples
would work through an affair and stay together.
“Marriage is still really important to New Zealanders with 85% of those surveyed imagining being in a relationship with
the same person for the rest of their life.”
Men annoy women most through a lack of communication and not keeping them up to date with what they are doing, while
women annoy men by not being loving or romantic enough.
New Zealand Woman’s Weekly and Colmar Brunton will conduct this survey on an annual basis to track New Zealanders and
their relationships. The full results appear in this week’s New Zealand Woman’s Weekly, on sale from Saturday, September
17.
About New Zealand Woman’s Weekly:
New Zealand Woman’s Weekly is a publishing national treasure which aims to entertain, inform and inspire Kiwi women. Its
success as the most-read consumer magazine in New Zealand is due to its relevance to a huge community of modern Kiwi
women, from cities to the heartland.
New Zealand Woman’s Weekly tells the stories of ordinary Kiwis with extraordinary stories as well as offering readers an
uplifting escape. With a commitment to extend its readers, the Weekly provides practical support, helpful hints and
tools to cope with the changing world with expert feature writers and much-loved, award-winning columnists.
About New Zealand Magazines:
New Zealand Magazines is a division of APN New Zealand with an expanding range of magazine titles, including New Zealand
Woman’s Weekly, New Idea, That’s Life!, the New Zealand Listener, Girlfriend, Creme, Simply You and Simply You Living.
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