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New Zealand Holidays

New Zealand Holidays

Various public & national holidays observed in New Zealand


sitesworld.comDateHoliday
1 January1New Year's Day
2 January2Day after New Year's Day
6 FebruaryWaitangi Day
The Friday before Easter SundayGood Friday
The day after Easter SundayEaster Monday
25 AprilAnzac Day
The first Monday in JuneQueen's Birthday
The fourth Monday in OctoberLabour Day
25 December1Christmas Day
26 December2Boxing Day
( 1 ) or the following Monday if it falls on a Saturday or Sunday
( 2 ) or the following Monday if it falls on a Saturday, or the following Tuesday if it falls on a Sundaysitesworld.com
sitesworld.comProvincial DistrictincludesActual DayObservance Day
Wellington ProvinceWellington, Manawatu, Wanganui22 JanuaryMonday nearest to the actual day
Auckland ProvinceWaikato, King Country, Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne/East Coast29 JanuaryMonday nearest to the actual day (Auckland Anniversary Day)
NorthlandWhangarei29 JanuaryMonday nearest to the actual day
NelsonNelson, Tasman, Buller and parts of North Canterbury1 FebruaryMonday nearest to the actual day
Otago ProvinceDunedin, Queenstown23 MarchMonday nearest to the actual day (this can vary if it would otherwise coincide with Easter Monday)
SouthlandInvercargill, Bluff, Milford Sound, Fiordland25 MarchEaster Tuesday
Taranaki (New Plymouth)New Plymouth31 MarchSecond Monday in March — to avoid Easter
South Canterbury25 SeptemberFourth Monday in September — Dominion Day
Hawke's BayNapier, Hastings1 NovemberFriday before Labour Day
MarlboroughBlenheim, Picton1 NovemberFirst Monday after Labour Day
CanterburyChristchurch, Ashburton16 NovemberChristchurch Show Day (Northern Canterbury)
Christchurch Show Day (Central Canterbury)
Second Friday after the first Tuesday in November (Christchurch City) — To coincide with the Agricultural and Pastoral Show.
Chatham Islands30 NovemberMonday nearest to the actual day
WestlandHokitika, Greymouth1 DecemberMonday nearest to the actual day (Greymouth)
Varies (outside Greymouth)sitesworld.com