New Zealand 'Monday-ised' Public Holidays Bill Update

Sources: The Parliament of New Zealand (Paremata Aotearoa) and New Zealand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The private members bill which proposes that the following Monday be a public holiday when Waitangi Day and Anzac Day fall on a weekend has passed first reading in Parliament, as had been predicted by New Zealand's Labour Party leader, David Shearer. [full story]