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![Bad year for getting a day off on the company](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Bad year for getting a day off on the company
Enjoy next Monday off, Aucklanders - the Anniversary Day long weekend is the last you'll get until Easter, in early April.
![Big catch for young brothers off wharf](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Big catch for young brothers off wharf
Leftover Christmas food has the sprats biting all day for Auckland visitors.
![Botanic Gardens: Plants to delight the eye](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Botanic Gardens: Plants to delight the eye
Phoebe Falconer suggests a series of great summer holiday destinations within an hour's drive of downtown Auckland.
![Slow trip back home for holidaymakers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Slow trip back home for holidaymakers
Traffic slowed to a snail's pace on many roads yesterday, but the worst of the expected post-holiday traffic jams failed to eventuate.
![100 years of family picnics](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
100 years of family picnics
The story of an annual family picnic tradition that stretches back to the start of the 20th century.
![Rangitoto: Botanical gem on city doorstep](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Rangitoto: Botanical gem on city doorstep
Lava caves, lava fields, pillars and tunnels are all part of Rangitoto's landscape.
![Have fun but obey the rules, say police](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Have fun but obey the rules, say police
Police have a word of advice for the thousands preparing for New Year's Eve celebrations.
![Holidays start with a 25km traffic block](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Holidays start with a 25km traffic block
Thousands of motorists spent hours stewing in traffic jams between Auckland's Northern Gateway toll road and Warkworth yesterday.
![NZ town named among world's top spots](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
NZ town named among world's top spots
A global travel magazine highlights Kaikoura as a place to have a whale of a time over Christmas.
![Xmas traffic exodus 'absolute bedlam'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Xmas traffic exodus 'absolute bedlam'
The Christmas exodus of people leaving Wellington has created a state of "absolute bedlam" on roads leading out of the city, police say.
![Govt defends proposed changes to Holidays Act](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Govt defends proposed changes to Holidays Act
Acting Prime Minister Bill English says the changes make calculating holiday pay rates more transparent.
![Xmas forecast: Mostly dry with winds further south](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Xmas forecast: Mostly dry with winds further south
Christmas will be warm and mostly dry in the north, wet in parts of the south and windy between.
![Surge in Eftpos, credit card purchases up to Christmas](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Surge in Eftpos, credit card purchases up to Christmas
A surge of Eftpos and credit card transactions shows New Zealanders are picking up the purchasing pace in the lead-up to Christmas.