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The debate over out long summer break is heating up.
An op-ed from businessman Toss Grimley claims New Zealand鈥檚 extended shutdown hurts productivity, a stance backed up by Auckland Business Chamber CEO Simon Bridges.
Bridges says there鈥檚 a real perception the country 鈥渟huts down until March鈥, and that we鈥檙e seen more as 鈥渓ifestylers鈥 than serious businesspeople.
Massey University Professor of Innovation and Economics, Christoph Schumacher told Heather du Plessis-Allan that while our summer break is long compared to the rest of the world, the question shouldn鈥檛 be if it鈥檚 too long, but rather if we can afford it.
He says people do deserve breaks, but it needs to be structured a smarter way to keep productivity high.
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