Story: Weekends
Page 6. All images & media
From page 1 - Origins of the weekend – the Sunday sabbath
From page 2 - Saturday – pay day, work day, half-holiday
From page 3 - The great Kiwi weekend
From page 4 - The modern weekend, 1980 to the 2000s
How to cite this page
Peter Clayworth, Weekends, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/221986/media (accessed 4 June 2026).
Story by Peter Clayworth, published 20 May 2013.