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Time To Scrap Easter Trading Laws | Scoop News (Scoop.co.nz)

Our antiquated Easter trading laws are ready for an overhaul and the Government needs to adopt my Member's Bill to do just that,” says ACT's Small Business ...

“Pushing the enforcement of the law down to local councils is weak and a waste of their time. We should be encouraging them to get out and spend as much of their money in our bars and restaurants as possible. The Bill also looks after workers as it retains the existing employee protections that apply in respect of Easter Sunday and extends these protections to Good Friday.

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Easter trading law kerfuffle is 'madness', MP says (New Zealand Herald)

Every Easter brings eggs, long weekends - and grumbles about trading laws. But this year some businesses have the added element of just entering the new ...

"The issue is that each council can have their own set of rules." "At my restaurant and bar in Nelson, our staff have to lecture adults about how they can have a glass of wine with a salad but not with a bowl of fries," Baillie said. That's how a free society should operate," Baillie said. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she'd heard many debates about the trading rules over the years and generally the issue was taken to a conscience vote. Easter Sunday is a restricted trading day, but not a public holiday. Easter Monday is a public holiday, but does not have trading restrictions.

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