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  1. Now that we have the Matariki public holiday to enliven early winter, the need for a holiday to relieve the late winter drudge has become even more evident.
    I therefore move that we shift King's Birthday to late August.

    Furthermore, I propose that KB receive the Hot British Dinner mantle so often and so uncomfortably worn by Christmas. Roast meat for the omnivores, a roast veg extravaganza for the vegetarians & vegans, Yorkshire pud and gravy for everyone, with a sweet and stodgy pudding to follow, possibly brandied and on fire for added good cheer.

    August KB traditions could also include log fires, mulled drinks, and - in honour of the King's ecological interests - the planting of a tree*, the browsing of a garden catalogue, or suchlike horticultural activity.

    *part of my secret campaign to reforest the calendar by making Plant A Tree part of marking every holiday and occasion. Have a baby? Plant a tree on the placenta. Get married? Plant a double-grafted tree. Die? Have a tree planted on your grave. Te Aranga, Matariki, Labour Day, win the lottery, get a great job, ditch a bad job, or vote an unpopular government out of office? That's right - trees.
    #KingsBirthday #PublicHolidays #NewZealand #PlantATree

  2. Now that we have the Matariki public holiday to enliven early winter, the need for a holiday to relieve the late winter drudge has become even more evident.
    I therefore move that we shift King's Birthday to late August.

    Furthermore, I propose that KB receive the Hot British Dinner mantle so often and so uncomfortably worn by Christmas. Roast meat for the omnivores, a roast veg extravaganza for the vegetarians & vegans, Yorkshire pud and gravy for everyone, with a sweet and stodgy pudding to follow, possibly brandied and on fire for added good cheer.

    August KB traditions could also include log fires, mulled drinks, and - in honour of the King's ecological interests - the planting of a tree*, the browsing of a garden catalogue, or suchlike horticultural activity.

    *part of my secret campaign to reforest the calendar by making Plant A Tree part of marking every holiday and occasion. Have a baby? Plant a tree on the placenta. Get married? Plant a double-grafted tree. Die? Have a tree planted on your grave. Te Aranga, Matariki, Labour Day, win the lottery, get a great job, ditch a bad job, or vote an unpopular government out of office? That's right - trees.
    #KingsBirthday #PublicHolidays #NewZealand #PlantATree

  3. Hated ‘dining tax’ to cost Aussies $50m

    Australians will spend millions more this weekend due to holiday surcharges. Picture: NewsWire / John Appleyard Australians will fork out another record amount this weekend, as one of the most hated bills returns for those dining out. Money.com.au research for Ne…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #Dining #Australians #NewsWire #publicholiday #publicholidays #SeanCallery #surcharges
    diningandcooking.com/2615606/h

  4. Hated ‘dining tax’ to cost Aussies $50m

    Australians will spend millions more this weekend due to holiday surcharges. Picture: NewsWire / John Appleyard Australians will fork out another record amount this weekend, as one of the most hated bills returns for those dining out. Money.com.au research for Ne…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #Dining #Australians #NewsWire #publicholiday #publicholidays #SeanCallery #surcharges
    diningandcooking.com/2615606/h

  5. Hated ‘dining tax’ to cost Aussies $50m

    Australians will spend millions more this weekend due to holiday surcharges. Picture: NewsWire / John Appleyard Australians will fork out another record amount this weekend, as one of the most hated bills returns for those dining out. Money.com.au research for Ne…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #Dining #Australians #NewsWire #publicholiday #publicholidays #SeanCallery #surcharges
    diningandcooking.com/2615606/h

  6. Hated ‘dining tax’ to cost Aussies $50m

    Australians will spend millions more this weekend due to holiday surcharges. Picture: NewsWire / John Appleyard Australians will fork out another record amount this weekend, as one of the most hated bills returns for those dining out. Money.com.au research for Ne…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #Dining #Australians #NewsWire #publicholiday #publicholidays #SeanCallery #surcharges
    diningandcooking.com/2615606/h

  7. Australia public holidays 2026 | Human Resources Online

    Look forward to seven national holidays and 27 state holidays this year.

    Australia’s list of public holidays…
    #NewsBeep #News #Australia #2026 #AU #break #longweekend #publicholidays #rest
    newsbeep.com/au/492029/

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    Tags: #Timezones #PublicHolidays #ComparisonTool #Tizo #mastodonvietnam #URLConnection

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  9. Tararua district caught between anniversary days

    This is why in today's modern world we should do away with anniversary days and merge them into one day celebrated over all Aotearoa --- Let us call it Aotearoa day. What date would you put it on? I was thinking 27 December or May 1st.

    rnz.co.nz/news/national/584433

    #RNZ #NZ #PublicHolidays

  10. Tararua district caught between anniversary days

    This is why in today's modern world we should do away with anniversary days and merge them into one day celebrated over all Aotearoa --- Let us call it Aotearoa day. What date would you put it on? I was thinking 27 December or May 1st.

    rnz.co.nz/news/national/584433

    #RNZ #NZ #PublicHolidays

  11. Tararua district caught between anniversary days

    This is why in today's modern world we should do away with anniversary days and merge them into one day celebrated over all Aotearoa --- Let us call it Aotearoa day. What date would you put it on? I was thinking 27 December or May 1st.

    rnz.co.nz/news/national/584433

    #RNZ #NZ #PublicHolidays

  12. Tararua district caught between anniversary days

    This is why in today's modern world we should do away with anniversary days and merge them into one day celebrated over all Aotearoa --- Let us call it Aotearoa day. What date would you put it on? I was thinking 27 December or May 1st.

    rnz.co.nz/news/national/584433

    #RNZ #NZ #PublicHolidays

  13. Tararua district caught between anniversary days

    This is why in today's modern world we should do away with anniversary days and merge them into one day celebrated over all Aotearoa --- Let us call it Aotearoa day. What date would you put it on? I was thinking 27 December or May 1st.

    rnz.co.nz/news/national/584433

    #RNZ #NZ #PublicHolidays

  14. ABOLISH THE DATE · AUSTRALIA DAY · AUSTRALIAN LONG WEEKEND · CHANGE THE DATE · DAY OF MOURNING · INVASION DAY · JAN 26 · NOT A DATE TO CELEBRATE · NOT THE DATE TO CELEBRATE · SURVIVAL DAY · JAN 05, 2026
    Proposal to end Australia Day Debate

    clothingthegaps.com.au/blogs/b

    #ClothingTheGap #FirstNations #KooriMail #LongWeekend #PublicHolidays

  15. ABOLISH THE DATE · AUSTRALIA DAY · AUSTRALIAN LONG WEEKEND · CHANGE THE DATE · DAY OF MOURNING · INVASION DAY · JAN 26 · NOT A DATE TO CELEBRATE · NOT THE DATE TO CELEBRATE · SURVIVAL DAY · JAN 05, 2026
    Proposal to end Australia Day Debate

    clothingthegaps.com.au/blogs/b

    #ClothingTheGap #FirstNations #KooriMail #LongWeekend #PublicHolidays

  16. ABOLISH THE DATE · AUSTRALIA DAY · AUSTRALIAN LONG WEEKEND · CHANGE THE DATE · DAY OF MOURNING · INVASION DAY · JAN 26 · NOT A DATE TO CELEBRATE · NOT THE DATE TO CELEBRATE · SURVIVAL DAY · JAN 05, 2026
    Proposal to end Australia Day Debate

    clothingthegaps.com.au/blogs/b

    #ClothingTheGap #FirstNations #KooriMail #LongWeekend #PublicHolidays

  17. ABOLISH THE DATE · AUSTRALIA DAY · AUSTRALIAN LONG WEEKEND · CHANGE THE DATE · DAY OF MOURNING · INVASION DAY · JAN 26 · NOT A DATE TO CELEBRATE · NOT THE DATE TO CELEBRATE · SURVIVAL DAY · JAN 05, 2026
    Proposal to end Australia Day Debate

    clothingthegaps.com.au/blogs/b

    #ClothingTheGap #FirstNations #KooriMail #LongWeekend #PublicHolidays

  18. I think I've asked this here before, but why do people not know their public holidays anymore?

    If you ask me for the date of any of our South African public holidays, I can give it to you straight away off the top of my head. Conversely, too, if you give me a date, I can tell you if there's a holiday on that date and which one.

    The only thing I can't do that with straight away are Good Friday and Family Day, because those are movable.

    Public Holidays were drummed into me in school, so I also know the historical significance of each one. Don't people learn that stuff anymore? Or do they just not care?

    #SouthAfrica #PublicHolidays

  19. I think I've asked this here before, but why do people not know their public holidays anymore?

    If you ask me for the date of any of our South African public holidays, I can give it to you straight away off the top of my head. Conversely, too, if you give me a date, I can tell you if there's a holiday on that date and which one.

    The only thing I can't do that with straight away are Good Friday and Family Day, because those are movable.

    Public Holidays were drummed into me in school, so I also know the historical significance of each one. Don't people learn that stuff anymore? Or do they just not care?

    #SouthAfrica #PublicHolidays

  20. I think I've asked this here before, but why do people not know their public holidays anymore?

    If you ask me for the date of any of our South African public holidays, I can give it to you straight away off the top of my head. Conversely, too, if you give me a date, I can tell you if there's a holiday on that date and which one.

    The only thing I can't do that with straight away are Good Friday and Family Day, because those are movable.

    Public Holidays were drummed into me in school, so I also know the historical significance of each one. Don't people learn that stuff anymore? Or do they just not care?

    #SouthAfrica #PublicHolidays

  21. I think I've asked this here before, but why do people not know their public holidays anymore?

    If you ask me for the date of any of our South African public holidays, I can give it to you straight away off the top of my head. Conversely, too, if you give me a date, I can tell you if there's a holiday on that date and which one.

    The only thing I can't do that with straight away are Good Friday and Family Day, because those are movable.

    Public Holidays were drummed into me in school, so I also know the historical significance of each one. Don't people learn that stuff anymore? Or do they just not care?

    #SouthAfrica #PublicHolidays

  22. I think I've asked this here before, but why do people not know their public holidays anymore?

    If you ask me for the date of any of our South African public holidays, I can give it to you straight away off the top of my head. Conversely, too, if you give me a date, I can tell you if there's a holiday on that date and which one.

    The only thing I can't do that with straight away are Good Friday and Family Day, because those are movable.

    Public Holidays were drummed into me in school, so I also know the historical significance of each one. Don't people learn that stuff anymore? Or do they just not care?

    #SouthAfrica #PublicHolidays

  23. Happy #WomensDay to all the women I've never known, all the women I know, and all the women I will ever know.

    To all the women who've shaped me, are shaping me, and will still shape me and help me to become a better man with every interaction.

    Mothers, daughters, sisters, girlfriends, fiancées, wives....

    You are all worth more than you know, and none of us would be here today without you.

    Have a truly blessed day, and never forget: we need you more than you need us. Never settle. Never compromise. <3

    #SouthAfrica #PublicHolidays

  24. Happy #WomensDay to all the women I've never known, all the women I know, and all the women I will ever know.

    To all the women who've shaped me, are shaping me, and will still shape me and help me to become a better man with every interaction.

    Mothers, daughters, sisters, girlfriends, fiancées, wives....

    You are all worth more than you know, and none of us would be here today without you.

    Have a truly blessed day, and never forget: we need you more than you need us. Never settle. Never compromise. <3

    #SouthAfrica #PublicHolidays

  25. Happy #WomensDay to all the women I've never known, all the women I know, and all the women I will ever know.

    To all the women who've shaped me, are shaping me, and will still shape me and help me to become a better man with every interaction.

    Mothers, daughters, sisters, girlfriends, fiancées, wives....

    You are all worth more than you know, and none of us would be here today without you.

    Have a truly blessed day, and never forget: we need you more than you need us. Never settle. Never compromise. <3

    #SouthAfrica #PublicHolidays

  26. Happy #WomensDay to all the women I've never known, all the women I know, and all the women I will ever know.

    To all the women who've shaped me, are shaping me, and will still shape me and help me to become a better man with every interaction.

    Mothers, daughters, sisters, girlfriends, fiancées, wives....

    You are all worth more than you know, and none of us would be here today without you.

    Have a truly blessed day, and never forget: we need you more than you need us. Never settle. Never compromise. <3

    #SouthAfrica #PublicHolidays

  27. Happy #WomensDay to all the women I've never known, all the women I know, and all the women I will ever know.

    To all the women who've shaped me, are shaping me, and will still shape me and help me to become a better man with every interaction.

    Mothers, daughters, sisters, girlfriends, fiancées, wives....

    You are all worth more than you know, and none of us would be here today without you.

    Have a truly blessed day, and never forget: we need you more than you need us. Never settle. Never compromise. <3

    #SouthAfrica #PublicHolidays

  28. A day off or not? Making sense of France's public holidays.

    With 11 public holidays each year, France falls slightly below the European average.

    Prime Minister François Bayrou has proposed scrapping two of them, arguing this would save €4.2 billion annually.

    mediafaro.org/article/20250719

    #PublicHolidays #Holidays #Politics #Economy #Productivity #LabourProductivity #France #FrancoisBayrou #Bayrou

  29. A day off or not? Making sense of France's public holidays.

    With 11 public holidays each year, France falls slightly below the European average.

    Prime Minister François Bayrou has proposed scrapping two of them, arguing this would save €4.2 billion annually.

    mediafaro.org/article/20250719

    #PublicHolidays #Holidays #Politics #Economy #Productivity #LabourProductivity #France #FrancoisBayrou #Bayrou

  30. A day off or not? Making sense of France's public holidays.

    With 11 public holidays each year, France falls slightly below the European average.

    Prime Minister François Bayrou has proposed scrapping two of them, arguing this would save €4.2 billion annually.

    mediafaro.org/article/20250719

    #PublicHolidays #Holidays #Politics #Economy #Productivity #LabourProductivity #France #FrancoisBayrou #Bayrou

  31. West Aussies, Cookie wants your feedback on changing public holidays to match the eastern states.

    Tell him what you think (which of course is that we want more. Apparently we get the least in the country?!)

    For purely selfish reasons I'd support celebrating the Kings Birthday in June and moving WA Day, so I can occasionally have a public holiday on my birthday.

    Western Australia Public holiday review
    wa.gov.au/organisation/departm

    #WesternAustralia #Perth #PerthAustralia #WA #PublicHolidays #RogerCook #WestAustralia

  32. West Aussies, Cookie wants your feedback on changing public holidays to match the eastern states.

    Tell him what you think (which of course is that we want more. Apparently we get the least in the country?!)

    For purely selfish reasons I'd support celebrating the Kings Birthday in June and moving WA Day, so I can occasionally have a public holiday on my birthday.

    Western Australia Public holiday review
    wa.gov.au/organisation/departm

    #WesternAustralia #Perth #PerthAustralia #WA #PublicHolidays #RogerCook #WestAustralia

  33. West Aussies, Cookie wants your feedback on changing public holidays to match the eastern states.

    Tell him what you think (which of course is that we want more. Apparently we get the least in the country?!)

    For purely selfish reasons I'd support celebrating the Kings Birthday in June and moving WA Day, so I can occasionally have a public holiday on my birthday.

    Western Australia Public holiday review
    wa.gov.au/organisation/departm

    #WesternAustralia #Perth #PerthAustralia #WA #PublicHolidays #RogerCook #WestAustralia

  34. West Aussies, Cookie wants your feedback on changing public holidays to match the eastern states.

    Tell him what you think (which of course is that we want more. Apparently we get the least in the country?!)

    For purely selfish reasons I'd support celebrating the Kings Birthday in June and moving WA Day, so I can occasionally have a public holiday on my birthday.

    Western Australia Public holiday review
    wa.gov.au/organisation/departm

    #WesternAustralia #Perth #PerthAustralia #WA #PublicHolidays #RogerCook #WestAustralia

  35. West Aussies, Cookie wants your feedback on changing public holidays to match the eastern states.

    Tell him what you think (which of course is that we want more. Apparently we get the least in the country?!)

    For purely selfish reasons I'd support celebrating the Kings Birthday in June and moving WA Day, so I can occasionally have a public holiday on my birthday.

    Western Australia Public holiday review
    wa.gov.au/organisation/departm

    #WesternAustralia #Perth #PerthAustralia #WA #PublicHolidays #RogerCook #WestAustralia

  36. Germany thinks about cancelling a public holiday.

    Clemens Fuest, head of the Ifo Institute, a think-tank in Munich, has suggested cancelling of one of the country’s many public holidays to pay for much needed investments in defence and infrastructure.

    It's a sacrifice which he claims would boost GDP by about €8 billion annually.

    mediafaro.org/article/20250605

    #Germany #PublicHolidays #GDP #Economy #Business #Labour

  37. Germany thinks about cancelling a public holiday.

    Clemens Fuest, head of the Ifo Institute, a think-tank in Munich, has suggested cancelling of one of the country’s many public holidays to pay for much needed investments in defence and infrastructure.

    It's a sacrifice which he claims would boost GDP by about €8 billion annually.

    mediafaro.org/article/20250605

    #Germany #PublicHolidays #GDP #Economy #Business #Labour