Easter trading hours are advertised at New World supermarket in Wanaka. First Union has made a formal complaint to the Labour Inspectorate at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Many businesses were struggling and the Easter holiday was a time when local tourism could provide much-needed revenue for the local businesses, she said. Information on shop trading hours enforcement activity by the Labour Inspectorate over the Easter weekend would not be immediately available. In 2016, the Government changed the law, giving local councils the power to pass bylaws legalising trading on Easter Sunday.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 01, 2021 04:30 UTC