Are supermarkets open on Good Friday

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.