Editing Saint Patrick's Day (section)

====New Zealand====
From 1878 to 1955, Saint Patrick's Day was recognised as a public holiday in New Zealand, together with [[St George's Day]] (England) and [[St Andrew's Day]] (Scotland).<ref>Swarbrick, Nancy. (2016). [https://teara.govt.nz/en/public-holidays/page-3 Public holidays - Celebrating communities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207085104/https://teara.govt.nz/en/public-holidays/page-3 |date=7 February 2021 }}, [[Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand]], Retrieved 2 February 2021</ref><ref>Swarbrick, Nancy. (2016) [https://teara.govt.nz/en/public-holidays/print Public holidays] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206081203/https://teara.govt.nz/en/public-holidays/print |date=6 February 2021 }}, [[Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand]], Retrieved 2 February 2021</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Daly|first=Michael|date=20 May 2020|title=How do we get public holidays? Government considering an extra long weekend|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/121569002/how-do-we-get-public-holidays-government-considering-an-extra-long-weekend|work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]]|access-date=2 February 2021|archive-date=6 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206123935/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/121569002/how-do-we-get-public-holidays-government-considering-an-extra-long-weekend|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Auckland]] attracted many Irish migrants in the 1850s and 1860s, and it was here where some of the earliest Saint Patrick's Day celebrations took place, which often entailed the hosting of community picnics.<ref name="Bueltmann">Bueltmann, Tanja. (2012). [https://books.google.com/books?id=opjuVKk-HEoC&dq=The+New+Zealand+Herald+st+patrick%27s+day+public+holiday&pg=PA105 Remembering the Homeland: St Patrick's Day Celebrations in New Zealand to 1910] in Oona Frawley (ed.) (2012). ''Memory Ireland: Diaspora and Memory Practices'' Vol.2 Syracuse University Press. {{ISBN|9780815651710}} pp101-113. Retrieved 2 February 2021</ref> However, this rapidly evolved from the late 1860s onwards to include holding parades with pipe bands and marching children wearing green, sporting events, concerts, balls and other social events, where people displayed their Irishness with pride.<ref name="Bueltmann"/> While Saint Patrick's Day is no longer recognised as a public holiday, it continues to be celebrated across New Zealand with festivals and parades at weekends on or around 17 March.<ref>{{cite news|last=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=17 March 2018|title=St Patrick's Day celebrations underway in Auckland|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/st-patricks-day-celebrations-underway-in-auckland/ZASJXHLEBLWJT2YAQOAXZNK2UA/|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|access-date=2 February 2021|archive-date=7 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207051529/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/st-patricks-day-celebrations-underway-in-auckland/ZASJXHLEBLWJT2YAQOAXZNK2UA/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=O'Sullivan|first=Aisling|date=16 March 2017|title=Best places to celebrate St Patrick's Day in New Zealand and around the world|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/destinations/nz/90440256/best-places-to-celebrate-st-patricks-day-in-new-zealand-and-around-the-world|work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]]|access-date=2 February 2021|archive-date=8 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508044805/https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/destinations/nz/90440256/best-places-to-celebrate-st-patricks-day-in-new-zealand-and-around-the-world|url-status=live}}</ref>