Easter trading: What's open?

Easter trading goes into effect tomorrow.

On Good Friday and Easter Sunday, almost all shops are required to be closed under the Shop Trading Hours Repeal Act 1990.

EXCEPT:

• Dairies

• Service stations

• Takeaways, bars, restaurants and cafés

• Duty-free stores

• A shop providing services, rather than selling goods (such as a video rental store or hairdresser)

• Real Estate Agency

• Pharmacies

• Garden centres (only on Easter Sunday, not Good Friday)

• A shop at any public transport terminal or station

• A shop in a premises where an exhibition or show is taking place (includes markets, craft shows and stalls at these exhibitions and shows)

• A shop selling only souvenirs

• The goods you sell are items people can't put off buying until the next day, such as baby formula or pet food, and the quantity of goods for sale is no more than needed to meet the needs of people in the area.

• Shops that don't fit into one of the exemption categories commit an offence if they open and trade on restricted shop trading days. The "occupier" of the shop may be liable for a fine of up to $1000.

- Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment