Opening hours have changed in New Zealand in the last few years, and there's now a marked trend towards Sunday opening in large towns and cities. However, the further out into the wilds you go the more conservative the opening times become, with many small towns being shut up tight from Saturday lunchtime until Monday morning. Holidays result in amiable mayhem, as Kiwis hit the roads en masse
Opening hours
Banks
open Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 4.30pm, with some city branches opening on Saturday mornings (until 12.30pm).
Shops
are usually open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, and until noon on Saturday.
Late-night shopping
until...
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Holidays
Christmas
falls in the middle of summer in the southern hemisphere, during the school
summer holidays
, which run from mid-December until the end of January. The knock-on effects of this are that there are more people out and about,...
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Holidays and festivals
Public holidays
are in bold.
JANUARY
New Year's Day
(January 1).
The Gathering, Golden Bay (three days to 1Jan), is a happening or rave fuelled by peace, loving, chemicals and booze, or so we're told.
...
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