Question for Kiwis

Boots · Post: # 44926Post **Boots** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 11:35 am

I have just begun laying out this years breeding/births and whatnot in this years diary...

The Headers in my diary read:

MONDAY JANUARY 1. New Years Day
TUESDAY JANUARY 2. Day after New Years Day (NewZealand)

Do you folks have a special reason for celebrating the day after New Years Day, or Do you just drink a lot and tend to forget where you're at???

Why does it say that?

Millymollymandy · Mon Jan 01, 2007 1:17 pm

Must be all the Scottish immigrants who decided on that extra day holiday. There's a lot of 'em down south!

Tay · Post: # 45061Post **Tay** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 3:15 am

Boots,

You got me intrigued! I had a hunt on Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holidays_in_New_Zealand; seems to explain it.

Altica · Post: # 45065Post **Altica** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 8:54 am

lol

Its because the day after New Years Day is a public holiday here, I think you folk in the UK call them bank holidays. So I only had to go back to work today, which gave me a little extra time to get over New Years Eve

Rough Jack · Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:11 am

Gidday

Don't worry Altica, it's only a couple of Assies jeolous that we are smart enough to wiggle an extra day off.

Altica · Post: # 45109Post **Altica** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 5:14 am

adekun · Post: # 45114Post **adekun** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:23 am

Three days here!

Wombat · Post: # 45121Post **Wombat** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 9:40 am

Lucky!