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Long weekend traffic: Where to avoid
Holidaymakers heading home after the long weekend should avoid some of the key traffic hotspots.
Labour Day comes early for one mum
It has been a Labour Weekend with a difference for one mother - who unexpectedly gave birth on a Taranaki roadside.
Holiday traffic: Congestion eases
Congestion north of Auckland and around Wellington has eased, NZ Transport Agency says.
What to do this Labour weekend
It's been four months since we've been able to soak up a long weekend - and there's plenty to keep us entertained as we luxuriate in this one.
NanoGirl: Home grown tomatoes taste sensation
COMMENT: With Labour Day approaching, gardeners traditionally mark this weekend as the best time of the year to safely plant out tomato seedlings.
Matt Heath: Forget Labour Day - it's time for Super Weekend
COMMENT: Is it time for major holiday reform in New Zealand? Do we need a late October combo mega celebration dubbed "Super Weekend"?
Little has been called a 'doofus'
Andrew Little has been called a "doofus" by the Health Minister in an often ill-tempered debate on financial management at the Ministry of Health.
Rodney Hide: Working day victory a union myth
Tomorrow is Labour Day. Once again we will endure the annual claptrap that unions are great and won for us the eight-hour day. Without unions we would be working 24/7. It's nonsense.
Road death casts shadow over weekend
One person has died after a a car and truck collided north of Auckland. It is the first road death of the long weekend.
Heat on in race debate ahead of election
The spate of race baiting, ethnic slurs and off-colour jokes that have marred this year's election campaign continued yesterday.
Rescuers battle in vain
The conditions have been atrocious. Mr Smith and some of his team, him grey with fatigue and his hands still not fully functioning, ponder at how she could have lasted so long.
Matt McCarten: Labour Day nothing to celebrate
It's Labour Day tomorrow. It's ironic that many low-paid workers are made to work Monday as any other day, says Matt McCarten.
Teen takes on boss in pay dispute
A customer service worker was sacked after asking her boss to pay her for working on Labour Day.
<i>Brian Rudman:</i> Hobbit folk grovel to feudal movie lords
Every employee in the land should be concerned at the hammering the actors have got for daring to ask for meaningful negotiations.
Nabbed by a cop behind a power pole ... 'how fair is that?'
A motorist has slammed the long weekend road safety drive as a money-making scheme after being fined by an officer he says popped out from behind a power pole with a speed gun.
<i>All in a day's work:</i> Labour Day on, Labour Day off...
The irony is, many working people end up working on Labour Day.
Heavy road toll for long weekend
Police say they are "devastated" by the Labour Weekend road toll, which closed at eight - the same number as last year.
Holiday levy goes as cafes fight for patrons
More cafes, bars and restaurants are forgoing surcharges on public holidays.
Sun magnet draws hordes to beaches
People have flocked to the beaches to enjoy the sunshine of the long holiday weekend, with conditions set to stay this way for the rest of the week.
<i>All in a day's work:</i>The grinch who tried to steal Christmas...
Now it seems there is a risk that employees could lose an entitlement to public holidays that fall during a closedown period