Good Friday Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===New Zealand=== In New Zealand, Good Friday is a legal holiday<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.govt.nz/browse/work/public-holidays-and-work/public-holidays-and-anniversary-dates |title= Public holidays and anniversary dates |publisher= NZ Government |access-date= 17 March 2018 |archive-date= 19 December 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211219202841/https://www.govt.nz/browse/work/public-holidays-and-work/public-holidays-and-anniversary-dates/ |url-status= live }}</ref> and is a day of mandatory school closure for all New Zealand state and integrated schools.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://education.govt.nz/ministry-of-education/school-terms-and-holidays/more-information-about-setting-term-dates/#must|title= PMore information on setting term dates, holidays and closing days|date= 31 July 2015|access-date= 17 March 2018|archive-date= 15 November 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181115080635/http://www.education.govt.nz/ministry-of-education/school-terms-and-holidays/more-information-about-setting-term-dates/#must|url-status= live}}</ref> Good Friday is also a restricted trading day in New Zealand, which means that unexempted shops are not permitted to open on this day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.employment.govt.nz/leave-and-holidays/public-holidays/restricted-shop-trading-days/|title=Restricted shop trading days Β» Employment New Zealand|access-date=17 March 2018|archive-date=5 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105124616/https://www.employment.govt.nz/leave-and-holidays/public-holidays/restricted-shop-trading-days/|url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page