Government Bill

The Shop Trading Hours Act Repeal Act 1990 repealed the 1977 Act and removed trading restrictions except for Christmas Day, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, and before 1pm on ANZAC Day.

Passed 1990

Initially introduced by the late Robert Anderson and re-introduced by Katherine O'Regan (National) 1997

This Bill followed a number of shop trading prosecutions in 1995 involving Mt Maunganui retailers. These cases focused on the definition of "personal" goods and proposed unrestricted trading on Easter Sunday.

Did not proceed following Select Committee 1997

Patricia Schnauer, ACT 1997

This Bill proposed total deregulation of shop trading hours, so that shops would be able to trade on any day of the year.

Did not proceed to Select Committee 1997

Government Bill. Introduced in March 2001.

This Bill allowed garden centres to open on Easter Sunday.

Passed April 2001

Steve Chadwick, Labour. Introduced October 2002

The focus of this Bill was to provide partial exemption from the Shop Trading Hours Act Repeal Act 1990 in order to allow shops in the Rotorua District to be open on Easter Sunday from 9am to 5pm.

Did not proceed following Select Committee, March 2003.

Rodney Hide, ACT initially introduced by Patricia Schnauer and re-introduced in 1999, as the Shop Trading Hours (Repeal of Restrictions Bill)

Initially this Bill proposed removal of trading restrictions for all except ANZAC Day. The Bill was substantially amended by the Commerce Committee to reflect the 2003 Working Group's proposal to remove restricted trading on Easter Sunday, which would give employees the right to refuse to work that day, and provide leaseholder protection.

Did not proceed following Select Committee, May 2004.

Doug Woolerton, NZ First. Introduced originally by the Rt Hon Winston Peters in 1998

This Bill attempted to give local authorities the power to decide whether shops can trade on Easter Sunday.

Did not proceed to Select Committee, September 2004.

Jacqui Dean

National

The proposed amendment was to allow shops in certain areas with significant visitor industries to remain open on Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

Did not proceed past second reading in May 2007.

Steve Chadwick

Labour

This amendment sought to enable territorial authorities to decide whether retail shops in their districts may be open on Easter Sunday. The Bill required territorial authorities to consult their communities before making any such decision through consultative procedure provided for in Part 6 of the Local Government Act 2002.

Did not proceed past second reading in May 2007.

Government Bill

Proposed changes to make entitlements easier to understand and apply than the Holidays Act 1981. No changes to the 11 public holidays in 1981 Act, though some amendments were made that enabled transfer of public holidays for Christmas and New Year from Sunday to Monday when these days fell on a Sunday.

Passed 2003

Government Bill

General Sunday trading restrictions were removed, with the exception of Easter Sunday but a new restriction was added to restrict trading on Anzac Day (before 1pm).

Passed 1999