Oh Canada 🇨🇦 Three day weekend!
Wow, New Zealand too! Except our extra day was Friday, and we live in the future, so back to work already.
Nah, this is a relatively new public holiday that we’ve only been observing since 2022. It’s called Matariki. Here’s the summary:
Historically, Matariki was usually celebrated for a period of days during the last quarter of the moon of the lunar month Pipiri (around June). The ceremony involved viewing the individual stars for forecasts of the year to come, mourning the deceased of the past year, and making an offering of food to replenish the stars. Some Māori use the rise of Puanga (Rigel) or other stars to mark the new year.
Celebration of Matariki declined during the 20th century, but beginning in the early 1990s it underwent a revival. Matariki was first celebrated as an official public holiday in New Zealand on 24 June 2022.
It was originally proposed to replace our Queen’s Birthday public holiday, but in the end we got both.
I would happily work 4 10 hour days to get a third day off.
I did that once and it killed me. I could never keep that up on a regular basis.
I’ve been doing it for about two years now and I think it’s pretty incredible. Consistently having a third day off can do wonders; commute only 4 times a week, your third day off is a weekday so basically always have a great day to go shopping, appointments, etc while everyone else is at work. I don’t think I could ever go back to 5 8’s. The only thing better would be 4 8’s
Oh no, I love Blinding Lights! 😭
Me, a Gen-X’r in tech since the mid-90s.
I work weekends. My “weekend” starts tomorrow!
