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We know the average New Zealand woman is anything but average! They are an IT manager, Project supervisor, Counsellor, PA, Chef and that's even before they have gone to work!

With the technology age streaming ahead with our children thundering up behind it, mothers have to continually up skill themselves on a daily basis just to keep up. Not to mention trying to balance their own jobs and maintain their personal relationships. All JUST BEFORE DINNER!

justbeforedinner.co.nz is designed as a resource for New Zealand woman with New Zealand content in a bid to try and minimise the amount of searching time on the Internet and provide a little respite entertainment.

Read our first ever Editorial from October 2008.

Editorial: When we decided to make this website for New Zealanders like ourselves, I suggested we call '3 Burnt Dinners'. The reason being simply that several times when I have been busy balancing homework, housework, dinner, pets and my job I have managed to burn not one dinner but three in one evening!!!! (God bless takeaways!)

Although my friends assure me that they have never done this themselves, I have my doubts. Surely I am not the only one?

I am not a huge internet surfer, not just because I haven't found a wetsuit in my size but because scrolling through millions of sites from overseas is time consuming. On top of that you need to be careful that the information you are getting is from a reliable source. As I tell my children (not that they listen) "Garbage in/Garbage out" .

However for someone that doesn't "surf" I seem to spend hour after hour looking for information for school projects, work, home and yes, I can confess, checking the kids homework answers are correct!

In saying that we are incredibly lucky to have all this information on anything you can think of at our finger tips and our goal is to bring it to you in a easy to understand and enjoyable way. If it's of interest to me, my family and my friends, no doubt it's of interest to you, the New Zealand Woman.

Check out our links, articles, inspirations and musing. Join in, let us know what you would like to know more about or what you have found.

We welcome you to our site and hope you spend a little time each day..... just before dinner!