Organisers of Auckland's Royal Easter Show are promising to "get it right next year" after complaints the event is overpriced.

The retail workers' union has scorned a bill to allow shops to open on Good Friday.

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.

A discrepancy in public holiday laws has left New Zealand workers with one less day off than their Australian counterparts this weekend.

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More than 65 per cent of New Zealanders think public holidays which fall on a weekend should be transferred to a Monday, according to a Research New Zealand survey.

The public should have a say on whether public holidays that fall on the weekend should be "mondayised", a Labour MP says.

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PM John Key has poured cold water on the idea of allowing holidays that fall on the weekends to be taken on another day.

For local tugboat enthusiast Baden Pascoe, there is something honourable and magical about a vessel that has been a workhorse most of its life.

Size definitely doesn't matter when it comes to radio-controlled yachts.

Today is the last public holiday for New Zealanders until late April - but even then you're missing out.

Is the Kiwi love affair with roughing it going through a tough patch? Lisa Bradley reports.

They are the grand old vessels of the sea - the ships of old, restored to full glory to sail Auckland's harbours once again, like they did more than a century ago.

The Labour Party will try to force the Government's hand to 'Mondayise' Anzac Day and Waitangi Day if they fall on a weekend by introducing a member's bill to make the change.

On the beach, at the bach or in deserted cities - we're not doing much at all.

Chilly bin bandits at popular holiday spots have shown they have some heart.

If you've run out of ideas to keep yourself busy these holidays Julie Harries has a novel idea guaranteed to get the suggestions flowing.

In principle the Conservation Department wants as many of the public as possible to enjoy the estate their taxation maintains. In practice, it is not very good at making that possible.

Growing problems for New Zealanders trying to obtain British visas will be up for discussion in talks with British ministers this week. From April, the number is to be limited to 21,700 a year, compared to about 28,000 in 2009.