A tale of two islands for Easter spending this year

Paymark's released its holiday figures, with a comparison to 2019 - because last year fell on lockdown.

Southland was down two percent on Easter 2019 - and Otago spending down 6.5 percent.

Paymark spokesman Paul Brislen says it was a different story for the North Island.

He says Eftpos transactions in the North Island were back to pre-Covid levels, up more than six percent.