This is an interesting topic (for a tired Tuesday afternoon).

I've been working on academic years for my whole life (seemlessly going from being in education to having children in education - sometimes both at once) and have bought a mid-year diary all of about twice. I wonder how many mid-year diaries (and other diaries, and calendars) are bought as gifts or get-organised gizmos that never really get used? Perhaps NZers weren't in this habit, and have moved over to electronic diaries more fully?