Rotorua is the latest council to vote in favour of shops being allowed to open this Easter Sunday.
The Far North, Carterton, Masterton, Stratford and Clutha councils have already voted in support of the policy -- while Nelson and Tasman have voted against.
As Carla Penman reports Rotorua's mayor Steve Chadwick has been trying for 17 years to open the city on the holiday weekend...