Public Holidays in New Zealand

There are two types of public holidays in New Zealand:

Statutory Holidays, which are legislated by law
Provincial Anniversary Days, which commemorate the founding of the province or an early settlement event

Under current legislation, workers who work on a public holiday must be given equivalent time off on another day, and be paid time-and-a-half.

While these lists have been compiled from the information provided, in good faith, we can give no guarantees of accuracy.

Some entries appear as links. Clicking on the link will take you further down the page to an explanation of why a holiday has two dates.

	Actual Date	2006	2007	2008	2009
New Years Day	1 January	Sunday 1 January	Monday 1 January	Tuesday 1 January	Thursday 1 January
Day after New Years Day	2 January	Monday 2 January	Tuesday 2 January	Wednesday 2 January	Friday 2 January
Waitangi Day	6 February	Monday 6 February	Tuesday 6 February	Wednesday 6 February	Friday 6 February
Good Friday	varies	Friday 14 April	Friday 6 April	Friday 21 March	Friday 10 April
Easter Monday	varies	Monday 17 April	Monday 9 April	Monday 24 March	Monday 13 April
ANZAC Day	25 April	Tuesday 25 April	Wednesday 25 April	Friday 25 April	Saturday 25 April
Queen's Birthday	1st Monday in June	Monday 5 June	Monday 4 June	Monday 2 June	Monday 1 June
Labour Day	4th Monday in October	Monday 23 October	Monday 22 October	Monday 27 October	Monday 26 October
Christmas Day	25 December	Monday 25 December	Tuesday 25 December	Thursday 25 December	Friday 25 December
Boxing Day	26 December	Tuesday 26 December	Wednesday 26 December	Friday 26 December	Saturday 26 December

and the Anniversary Day of the Province in which an employee works, observed as follows:

Province	Actual Date	2006	2007	2008	2009
Auckland	29 January	Monday 30 January	Monday 29 January	Monday 28 January	Monday 26 January
Taranaki	31 March	Monday 13 March	Monday 12 March	Monday 10 March	Monday 9 March
Hawkes' Bay	1 November	Friday 20 October	Friday 19 October	Friday 17 October	Friday 23 October
Wellington	22 January	Monday 23 January	Monday 22 January	Monday 21 January	Monday 19 January
Marlborough	1 November	Monday 30 October	Monday 29 October	Monday 3 November	Monday 2 November
Nelson	1 February	Monday 30 January	Monday 29 January	Monday 4 February	Monday 2 February
Canterbury	16 December	Friday 17 November	Friday 16 November	Friday 14 November	Friday 13 November
Canterbury (South)	16 December	Monday 25 September	Monday 24 September	Monday 22 September	Monday 28 September
Westland	1 December	Monday 4 December	Monday 3 December	Monday 1 December	Monday 7 December
Otago	23 March	Monday 20 March	Monday 26 March	Monday 24 March	Monday 23 March
Southland	17 January	Monday 16 January	Monday 15 January	Monday 14 January	Monday 19 January
Chatham Islands	30 November	Monday 27 November	Monday 3 December	Monday 1 December	Monday 30 November

Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day & 2 January Holiday	These public holidays are observed on the actual day when they fall on a weekday. When they fall on a Saturday/Sunday: If the employee would normally have worked on the Saturday/Sunday, the public holiday is observed on the Saturday/Sunday If the employee would not normally have worked on the Saturday/Sunday, the public holiday is observed on the following Monday/Tuesday
Provincial Anniversary Days	These are generally observed on the Monday nearest to the actual day.
Provinces	These relate to the former Provinces of 19th Century New Zealand and are not related to or determined by present-day Districts or Regions.
Taranaki Anniversary Day	Moves to 2nd Monday in March to avoid Easter.
Hawkes Bay Anniversary Day	Moved to Friday before Labour Day.
Marlborough Anniversary Day	Observed 1st Monday after Labour Day.
Canterbury Anniversary	Northern & Central Canterbury areas observe Christchurch Show Day. The definition for the Canterbury Anniversary Day celebration as decided by Christchurch City is the second Friday after the first Tuesday in November each year. South Canterbury observes Dominion Day, the 4th Monday in September.
Westland	Varies throughout Westland, but Greymouth observes the official day.
Southland Anniversary Day	The actual date of Southland Anniversary day is not clear.
Easter	Easter dates confirmed by Catholic Church.

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