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49-541: The New Zealand Day Act 1973 made 6 February a public holiday in New Zealand . The day had been known for some time as Waitangi Day and commemorated the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi . In 1960 the first Waitangi Day Act was passed by the second Labour Government , enabling any area of the country to substitute a Waitangi Day holiday for its provincial anniversary day. This was done for Northland in 1963 through

98-521: A Wednesday Thursday, or Saturday. From 1873 female factory workers had a half-holiday from 2pm on Saturdays, from 1881 under-18s got it and, after 1891, the holiday started from 1pm. The Shops and Shop Assistants Act 1892 gave shop assistants half-holidays starting at 1pm, the shops themselves also being closed from 1894. From 1907 electors could set the day in local elections. In 2006, Māori Language Commissioner Haami Piripi proposed to make Matariki an official holiday. After public discussion, in 2009

147-553: A bill is read with all amendments and given final approval by a legislative body. In legislatures whose procedures are based on those of the Westminster system, the third reading occurs after the bill has been amended by committee and considered for amendment at report stage (or, in Israel's case, second reading). In most bicameral legislatures, a bill must separately pass the third reading in both chambers. Once that happens, it

196-461: A bill to be defeated on first reading if a member introduced it and no one seconded it, even if the first reading did not require a formal vote. However, the practice of requiring a seconder for a motion has since been removed, and thus an introduced bill cannot be defeated until the end of its first reading. In the Polish Sejm , the first reading comprises a debate on the general outlines of

245-547: A bill was introduced to make Matariki a public holiday; however, the bill was voted down at its first reading . Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on 7 September 2020 that her government would create a new public holiday to celebrate Matariki should the Labour Party win the 2020 general election . Labour won the election, and in February 2021 Ardern announced that Matariki would become an annual public holiday with

294-467: A debate on the general outlines of the bill followed by a vote on whether to send it to committee to be prepared for first reading or to remove it from the agenda. A first reading is when a bill is introduced to a legislature . Typically, in the United States , the title of the bill is read and the bill is immediately assigned to a committee. The bill is then considered by committee between

343-422: A distinct New Zealand identity. Before this act was passed, New Zealand had no real 'national day'. New Zealand Day was intended to create a greater sense of pride and unity amongst New Zealanders. The decision to call the day New Zealand Day rather than Waitangi Day was made by various people within the government, including Prime Minister Norman Kirk and his Minister of Māori Affairs Matiu Rata. They felt that

392-470: A final vote on the bill as amended. In both Houses of the British Parliament, after a bill has been reported from the committee to which it was assigned, consideration of the proposal moves to the so-called "Report Stage", during which further amendments may be table and voted on. After Report Stage has ended, a debate is held on the final bill, as amended, followed by a vote on the motion "That

441-552: A limited service may be available. State schools have a 4-term year, of about ten weeks each and usually with a two-week holiday between terms. Although standard term dates are set by the Ministry of Education each year, schools can vary these to account for local holidays and school closures due to weather. The first term commences in late January or early February. Occasionally, Easter holidays and/or Anzac Day may fall within these holidays. The holiday between terms two and three

490-553: A minimum of 20 annual leave days a year. Bank holidays in New Zealand originated with a celebration of St Andrew's Day in 1857. Nationwide public holidays began with the Bank Holidays Act 1873, which was based on the UK Bank Holidays Act 1871 . Initially there was some resistance to it. Anniversary days celebrated, from as early as 1843, the first arrivals of settlers in each province. By 1846

539-535: A public holiday for the students of that particular school -- who do not attend on that day -- but not for the teachers or the broader non-student population. A "one off" national public holiday, known as Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Day , was declared by the Prime Minister for 26 September 2022 to allow people to pay their respects for the passing of Queen Elizabeth II , the longest-reigning monarch of New Zealand . South Canterbury Anniversary Day, which

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588-687: A public holiday must be paid time-and-a-half , and if it would otherwise be a normal working day for them, be given an alternative holiday (known as a day in lieu). Payment for the alternative holiday is equivalent relevant daily pay for the particular alternative day taken, had they have worked it. There are special trading restrictions on Christmas Day, Good Friday , Easter Sunday (not a public holiday) and before 1 pm on Anzac Day . On those days, generally only dairies , petrol stations , pharmacies, restaurants, cafés, and shops within an airport or train station may open. All other shops including supermarkets must close. Some shops open each year despite

637-480: A second reading, it is now very rare for a bill to be considered clause-by-clause. In the Polish Sejm , the second reading comprises a consideration of the committee's report on the bill (as committee consideration between first and second readings), and an introduction of any proposed amendments, although the Sejm's standing orders do not provide for a clause by clause vote on the bill itself, or on any amendment, during

686-496: A single bloc. The starting point for the bill considered in second reading is its post-committee consideration text, which can vary widely from the bill voted on in first reading, even to the point of mergers and splits. In New Zealand, once a bill passes a second reading it is then considered clause-by-clause by the whole Parliament. If a majority of Parliament agree, the bill can be considered part-by-part, saving considerable time. Because most bills must have majority support to pass

735-465: A variable date (June or July). The Matariki Public Holiday Bill received royal assent on 11 April 2022. The first Matariki public holiday was observed on 24 June 2022. Statutory holidays are legislated by the Holidays Act 2003. The holidays that do not always fall on Monday or Friday are " Mondayised ". If the holiday fall on a weekend, and an employee does not work on the weekends, then

784-468: A vote on whether or not to send it to committee. In both Houses of the British Parliament , bills introduced by the government or by MPs and Lords who won the private members' ballot automatically receive a first reading without the need for the bill being discussed or voted on; the same applies for bills brought from the other House (for example, a bill which has completed all its stages in

833-415: Is carried. After a bill has been read a first time, it is ordered to be printed. A second reading is the stage of the legislative process where a draft of a bill is read a second time. In most Westminster-style legislatures, a vote is taken on the general outlines of the bill before being sent to committee. In most non-Westminster-style legislatures, the bill's detailed provisions are considered in

882-522: Is generally known as the midwinter break and occurs in July, while that between terms 3 and 4 occurs in late September, early October. Term four ends in mid December, generally a week or two before Christmas, though for many senior students this term ends after their final NCEA examination in late November or early December. From time to time, state schools are entitled to schedule a "teacher only" day for teacher training and administration. These days count as

931-548: Is permitted. This exception is necessary because section 53 gives senators the right to move requests to the House of Representatives for amendments to a financial bill (to which the Senate is not allowed to amend) at any stage of consideration of the bill, including on the first reading. The first readings of most ordinary bills are almost always a formality and are passed "on the voices". In extremely rare circumstances however,

980-522: Is sent on for promulgation , such as royal assent in the Westminster system or signing by the president or governor in the U.S. model. In some bicameral legislatures, such as the Parliament of Poland or of the Czech Republic , a bill must pass three readings in the lower house, but only one reading in the upper house, at which the bill may be passed unchanged, amended, or rejected; and if

1029-567: The Provinces ceased to exist in 1876. Before Waitangi Day was made a national public holiday it was sometimes suggested that a Waitangi Day holiday should replace the anniversary days, and the Waitangi Day Act 1960 made provision for this. Waitangi Day was eventually made an additional holiday and the provincial holidays lived on, primarily because most regions had long established events on those weekends. First reading In

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1078-508: The Wellington Anniversary Day was described as having the appearance of an English Fair. Half-holidays, or early closing days, were widespread from the 1900s to 1970s. They allowed 6 day weeks in shops and offices to include a half day off from 1pm, on a day set by the local council. From the late 1840s the practice spread from Wellington and Christchurch. In the 1870s many towns adopted shopping half holidays, usually

1127-568: The Westminster system , developed in the United Kingdom , there are generally three readings of a bill as it passes through the stages of becoming, or failing to become, legislation . Some of these readings may be formalities rather than actual debate. Legislative bodies in the United States also have readings. The procedure dates back to the centuries before literacy was widespread. Since many members of Parliament were illiterate,

1176-481: The Calendar of Business after second reading. No vote is held on whether to read the bill a second time. In U.S. legislatures where consideration in committee precedes second reading, the procedure varies as to how a bill reaches second reading. In Illinois, for example, legislation is automatically read a second time, after which amendments are in order. A third reading is the stage of a legislative process in which

1225-591: The Clerk of Parliament would read aloud a bill to inform members of its contents. By the end of the 16th century, it was practice to have the bill read on three occasions before it was passed. In the Israeli Knesset , private member bills do not enter the house at first reading. Instead, they are subject to a preliminary reading , where the members introducing the bill present it to the Knesset, followed by

1274-469: The House of Lords is immediately brought to the House of Commons, where it receives a first reading). Bills introduced under the Ten Minute Rule are subject to a debate lasting not more than ten minutes (equally divided between a supporter and an opponent), followed by a vote is held on the motion "That leave be granted to bring in" the bill; the latter receives a first reading only if the motion

1323-612: The Senate may vote against the first reading, which prevents the bill from proceeding further. This has happened as recently as June 2021, when the Ministerial Suitability Commission of Inquiry Bill 2021 (Cth), introduced by Greens Senator Larissa Waters in relation to the 1988 rape allegation against the Attorney-General Christian Porter , was narrowly negatived in a division . Similar arrangements are in place in

1372-577: The Waitangi Day Amendment Act passed by the second National Government . Labour 's Māori Affairs spokesperson, Matiu Rata , had introduced a New Zealand Day Bill in 1971 but this was not passed. Labour won the 1972 general election and subsequently introduced another New Zealand Day Bill, which passed in 1973. The creation of a new public holiday was part of the Third Labour Government 's programme of creating

1421-487: The act, and are instead determined by historical convention and local custom. The regions covered are set by provincial district (as they stood when abolished in 1876), plus Southland , the Chatham Islands , South Canterbury, and Northland . The actual observance days can vary even within each province and is due to local custom, convenience or the proximity of seasonal events or other holidays and may differ from

1470-436: The bill is not passed unchanged by the upper house, it is returned to the lower house, which may impose its original version by a supermajority , and is sent to promulgation after passing both chambers. This "imperfect" procedure requires that all bills must be introduced to the lower house, although this may be mitigated by giving the upper house the right to submit bills to the lower. In a unicameral legislature, after passing

1519-588: The bill or it being received from the Senate. However, in the Australian Senate , the question on the first reading is always moved immediately after introduction (which is a separate motion altogether) or receipt from the House of Representatives and may be voted on. Amendments to or debate on the first reading is not permitted, except for bills subject to section 53 of the Constitution (i.e. appropriation and money bills ), in which case debate

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1568-481: The bill passes second stage it is referred to a select committee of that house or taken in committee stage by the whole house. In the Knesset , the bill's detailed provisions are considered in the second reading, and then voted on clause by clause. However, continuous stretches of clauses without any proposed amendments (which includes different wordings for the same clause written in the original bill), are voted as

1617-584: The bill, followed by a vote on the motion "that the Bill be now read a second time" (or sometimes on a wrecking amendment to that motion). If the motion is carried, the bill is then sent either to a standing committee or to a Committee of the Whole House , where it is considered and voted on clause by clause. In the United States Senate, a bill is either referred to committee or placed on

1666-482: The bill, it is sent to the President of Ireland to be signed into law. In the Polish Sejm , the third reading comprises a presentation of the amendments passed in second reading (or of a second committee report on the bill that was returned to committee after second reading), and a voting sequence: first on a motion to reject the bill (if one is introduced), then on the amendments introduced in second reading, and

1715-536: The bill. Notably, only constitutional amendment bills, money bills, electoral law bills, and law code bills have their first reading at a plenary session of the Sejm; all other bills have their first reading occur in committee, unless the Marshal of the Sejm decides to refer them to the plenum. In the Russian State Duma , the first reading includes a debate on the general outlines of the bill followed by

1764-440: The eleven national public holidays, section 44 of the Holidays Act 2003 specifies as public holidays the anniversary days of each province (or the day locally observed as that day) to celebrate the founding days or landing days of the first colonists of the various colonial provinces. These are only celebrated within each province, not nationwide. Exact dates of the various provinces' anniversary days are not specifically stated in

1813-588: The first and second readings. In the United States Senate and most British-influenced legislatures, the committee consideration occurs between second and third readings. In most non Westminster-style legislatures, a vote is taken on the general outlines of the bill before being sent to committee. In the Australian House of Representatives , a bill is automatically read a first time without any question being proposed upon presentation of

1862-557: The first reading includes a debate on the general outlines of the bill followed by a vote on whether or not to send it to committee. In New Zealand , once a bill passes first reading it is normally referred to a select committee . However, the government can have a bill skip the select committee stage by a simple majority vote in Parliament. It was possible in the earliest years of the New Zealand Parliament for

1911-479: The holiday is transferred to the following Monday or Tuesday. If the employee works on the weekends, then the holiday is taken on that day. Christmas Day and New Years' Day have always been Mondayised holidays, and from 2013 Waitangi Day and Anzac Day are also Mondayised. Waitangi Day and Anzac Day are always commemorated on the exact date, as they remember specific historical events. The statutory holidays, however, are Mondayised. All workers who work on

1960-508: The law and are fined. Certain areas have exemptions allowing them to trade one or more of the restricted days. These areas include Parnell Road in Parnell, Auckland , Paihia , Picton , and Queenstown . The Shop Trading Hours Commission decided where exemptions were to apply but it was shut down in 1990, leaving the existing exemptions in place but no longer having a mechanism for other places to apply. In 2016, regional councils were given

2009-526: The name New Zealand Day would emphasise that the day was New Zealand's national day, and that it was for all New Zealanders, not just Māori . It may have also been intended to divert attention away from the Treaty of Waitangi, which had been the subject of Māori protests at Waitangi Day in the years before 1973. Many Māori, including the Māori Women's Welfare League , were unhappy with the change of name. The name

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2058-787: The official observance day. In addition to the above holidays, from 1 April 2007 all workers must be given four weeks annual leave, often taken in the summer Christmas – New Year period. In many industries there is a Christmas – New Year shutdown of business. With only three working days between Christmas and New Year, many workers take this time off, as they can have a ten-day summer break for only three days leave. Many retail outlets also hold sales at this time to stimulate business while others close down due to low demand for services. The days from 25 December to 15 January are not considered to be working days for official government purposes. The public counters of most government departments do open on weekdays during this period, though often only

2107-642: The parliaments of the states and territories. In the House of Commons of Canada , in addition to the usual introduction of a bill by a member for first reading, a member of the cabinet may move a motion to appoint or to instruct a committee to prepare a bill. In the Oireachtas of Ireland, the first stage of a bill is by either of two methods: In the Israeli Knesset , the committee consideration occurs between first and second readings and (for private member bills ) between preliminary and first readings, and

2156-416: The power to set Easter Sunday trading rules in their area. Around 44 councils, covering around one-third of the population, have set policy allowing trading on Easter Sunday. Shops that can open on the restricted days are still subject to conditions and subject to any other law to the contrary. For example, alcohol can only be sold with a meal or to people staying on the premises overnight. In addition to

2205-603: The second reading, and then voted on clause by clause. In the Oireachtas, the second reading is referred to as "second stage", though the subheading "second reading" is used in Dáil standing orders, and the motion at second stage is still "that the Bill is to be read a second time". A bill introduced in one house enters the other house at second stage, except that the Seanad second stage is waived for Dáil consolidation bills . Once

2254-422: The second reading. If amendments are introduced to a bill, it is returned for further committee consideration between second and third readings unless the Sejm decides otherwise. In the Russian State Duma , the bill's detailed provisions are considered in the second reading, and then voted on clause by clause. In both Houses of the British Parliament the second reading includes a debate on the general outlines of

2303-458: The third reading in the sole chamber, the bill goes on directly for promulgation. In the Oireachtas of Ireland, the equivalent of the third reading is referred to as the "fifth stage" or "final stage". The motion is "That the Bill do now pass", except that the Seanad motion for a money bill is "That the Bill be returned to the Dáil". When a bill passes one house, it is sent to the other house and enters at second stage. After both houses have passed

2352-736: Was changed back by the Third National Government in 1976, in the Waitangi Day Act 1976 , which repealed the New Zealand Day Act. Public holidays in New Zealand Public holidays in New Zealand (also known as statutory holidays ) consist of a variety of cultural, national, and religious holidays that are legislated in New Zealand . Workers can get a maximum of 12 public holidays (eleven national holidays plus one provincial holiday) and

2401-564: Was due to be observed on 26 September, was moved to be observed on Friday 11 November. Following the death of Sir Edmund Hillary in 2008, the Green Party proposed a public holiday in his honour. There is also support in some quarters for the old Dominion Day holiday to be revived as "New Zealand Day". From the 1950s to the 1970s it was frequently suggested that the Provincial Anniversary holidays be abolished, as

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