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100

When is NZ Labour Day held?

4th Monday of October (Oct 27, 2025)

100

What jobs did not have 8-hour work days in the late 1800s that pushed the need for one? (Give 3 minimum)

seamen, farm labourers, and hotel, restaurant and shop employees

100

Most common place of work in NZ

Urban areas

100

In 1894, New Zealand became the first country to ensure that all union workers made a certain amount of money at their job. What term is used to refer to the amount you legally have to be paid?

Minimum Wage

100

What does AKA stand for?

It means vine in Te Reo

200

When did Labour Day become a public holiday (year) ?

1900

200

What union reflected the need for Labour Day?

Trade Union

200

Best Paying Jobs in NZ (Give one)

surgeons, anesthetists, and judges in healthcare, CEOs/Managing Directors in leadership, and roles like Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in finance

200

 Director of New Zealand’s two highest grossing, domestically produced films, Taika Waititi, is probably best known internationally for his helming the two most recent Marvel movies named for what blond-maned hammer enthusiast?

Thor

200

What is a group of owls called?

A Parliament

300

What year did 8-hour work day start in NZ?

1840

300

Who were given time off to attend the parades during the first Labour union celebrations?

Government Employees

300

Lowest paying jobs in NZ (give one)

hotel receptionists, waiters, bar staff, Ambulance officers, Hairdressers, Tertiary teaching assistants and library assistants, Vet nurses

300

What “R” New Zealand city is home to the NBA’s Steven Adams, the New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute, and geothermal activity? It comes from the Maori for “second lake.”

Rotorua

300

How many hours does the average worker spent to look for lost files?

50 minutes

400

What season does Labour day fall in?

Spring!

400

Who was the reigning British Monarch when the first Labour Day was implemented?

Queen Victoria

400

Lowest pay scale in NZ (should be within 10,000 more or less if per annum)

48,880 (full time) or minimum $23.50/hr

400

They’d have to wait until 1920 in the USA and 1971 in Switzerland! Thanks to the work of Kate Sheppard, among others, New Zealand was the first country in the world to give votes in national elections to what group of people?

Women 

400

Where are people most creative at according to surveys?

The shower

500

When is the 1st Labour Day?

October 21, 1910

500

Who is the founder of Labour day in NZ?

Samuel Parnell

500

Highest pay scale in NZ (should be within 10,000 more or less)

600,000+

500

What kind of object is New Zealand's Tane Mahuta, which is roughly 2,000 years old, 52.2 meters high, and the largest living kauri in the world?

Tree

500

How much does a person's IQ drop when multitasking?

10 points