Wellington Anniversary Day

Yet another public holiday! In addition to 23 days of annual leave each employee receives in New Zealand, there are about 13 public holidays. Today is the anniversary day for Wellington province (each province has one). I'm not sure how this date was selected - maybe people found it hard to return to work after Christmas week, or maybe they felt Waitangi Day was too far away. For whatever reason, today was chosen and New Zealanders (in Wellington province, anyway) make the best of a day off from work.