For those living in Aotearoa's biggest city, Auckland, today was a public holiday: marking the occasion when former Governor-General, William Hobson, first landed in the far North - a place, ironically, hundreds of kilometres from Auckland.
If you don't live in Auckland, don't worry, there are 11 other officially-recognised regional holidays to get through in a calendar year.
Emile Donovan talks to Lewis Holden, chair of the New Zealand republican movement, who thinks provincial holidays suck and we should abolish them.
Provincial holidays suck. Abolish them!
— Lewis Holden (@LewisHoldenNZ) January 28, 2024
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