LABOUR DAY SPECIAL: Well that was hard work

From Washington DC to Abu Dhabi, there were jobs to be done

Samuel Parnell was a chippie and a New Zealand hero, knocking up buildings around Lambton Quay upon arriving on these shores in 1840 but refusing to do so for any more than eight hours a day.

Parnell believed wholeheartedly in the idea that your 24 hours should be divided evenly between work, sleep and leisure and chose to spend a good chunk of his leisu…