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![More hot gigs for summer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
More hot gigs for summer
The summer tour dates just keep on coming, and local lads The Datsuns are getting on board with a trip round the country, starting at the Waihi Beach Hotel on January 18.
![Let's hear it for the girls this summer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Let's hear it for the girls this summer
As the summer gig season continues to pick up, it's the ladies who are hitting the road en masse.
![Kiwi OE travels hurting tourism at home](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Kiwi OE travels hurting tourism at home
NZ tourism operators are concerned about the effect Kiwis' overseas holidays are having at home.
![Holiday road toll ends at zero](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Holiday road toll ends at zero
For the first time in more than 50 years there have been no fatal accidents on the roads this Queen's Birthday holiday weekend.
![On the road to a death-free holiday](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
On the road to a death-free holiday
Police say motorists have driven sensibly in what shaped up to be a welcome first.
![Star takes barbs for Passion play](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Star takes barbs for Passion play
As people relaxed at Easter weekend, Michael Sheen endured incarceration in a police cell, slept rough up a mountain and was crucified, then resurrected in front of hundreds of onlookers.
![Easter Show 'overpriced'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Easter Show 'overpriced'
Organisers of Auckland's Royal Easter Show are promising to "get it right next year" after complaints the event is overpriced.
![Easter trading bill slammed as 'complete time waster'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Easter trading bill slammed as 'complete time waster'
The retail workers' union has scorned a bill to allow shops to open on Good Friday.
![Retail workers 'value time off' each Easter](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Retail workers 'value time off' each Easter
As the retail workers' union talks about how its members cherish their time off during holidays such as Easter, some shops are opening today in defiance of trading laws.
![Kiwis shortchanged this Easter weekend](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Kiwis shortchanged this Easter weekend
A discrepancy in public holiday laws has left New Zealand workers with one less day off than their Australian counterparts this weekend.