As an employee, the fact that the idea of another public holiday being introduced is entirely satisfying! I don't know of anyone who wouldn't love to have another paid day off, putting their feet up, and just raking in the free money. Employees in New Zealand work hard, and deserve another public holiday, right?
No. It seems incredible that there are people who feel we don't already have enough time off. I can't really grasp how these people think, and I don't see this move (if it were made law) helping our economy at all, and the impact on business seems to be irrelevant to many! Without a doubt, there are many small to medium businesses who will be on their knees, begging God to not allow this to go through!
Sometimes people get an idea in their head, start running with it, and then realise they haven't actually thought through the consequences. However, once they realise it's not going to work, they feel they need to follow it through in order to try to save face. How unfortunate.
There have been suggestions that we replace one of our current public holidays with one to celebrate Matariki. Why? Is it really that necessary? Why not combine the celebrations of Matariki with those of another, already existent public holiday? This feels to me like someone in government trying to create something simply to be creating something.
I personally don't see the need, or particularly want another public holiday, nor do I want to see one that we already have replaced. I like it the way it is. Any more holidays will result in unnecessary pressure placed on the already stretched resources of New Zealand business, and my preference would be to not replace one of our existing holidays!
What do you think? Feel free to let me know by adding a comment!
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