Joshua T @ Ngatea Primary School

Labour Day Labour Day in New Zealand is a public holiday where many workers and school students take time to enjoy and relax the spare time they have. Labour Day is on a Monday and people go on little trips on the long weekend. In New Zealand during the 19th century, workers tried to claim the right for an eight hour day of working. In New Zealand, carpenter Samuel Parnell fought the right in 1840 and won! In New Zealand Labour Day was first celebrated on October 29th 1910. On Labour Day my family went to the cricket nets for five hours!