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Upcoming New Zealand Public Holidays

See also: upcoming public holidays in ANZ, APEC, Australia, Oceania, OECD and worldwide.

New Zealand public holidays by region: Auckland (AUK), Canterbury (CAN), Chatham Islands (CIT), Hawkes Bay (HKB), Marlborough (MBH), Nelson (NSN), Otago (OTA), Southland (STL), Taranaki (TKI), Wellington (WGN), Westland (WTC).

This page contains the list of upcoming New Zealand public holidays, bank holidays, government holidays, regional public holidays, non-working national holidays and sectorial holidays from March 2024 to February 2025. The data on this page is also accessible via our free Android and iPhone mobile apps, whose data feed is also updated nightly.

Below is the list of New Zealand public holidays from March 2024 to February 2025:


Date Weekday Public Holiday Observance
Monday Taranaki Provincial Anniversary Day (TKI) regional
Monday Otago Provincial Anniversary Day (OTA) regional
Friday Good Friday
Monday Easter Monday
Tuesday Southland Provincial Anniversary Day (STL) regional
Thursday ANZAC Day
Monday King's Birthday
Friday Matariki (Māori New Year)
Monday Canterbury South Provincial Anniversary Day (CAN*) regional
Friday Hawke's Bay Provincial Anniversary Day (HKB) regional
Monday Labour Day
Monday Marlborough Provincial Anniversary Day (MBH) regional
Friday Canterbury Provincial Anniversary Day (CAN) regional
Monday Chatham Islands Provincial Anniversary Day (CIT) regional
Monday Westland Provincial Anniversary Day (WTC) regional
Wednesday Christmas Day
Thursday Boxing Day
Wednesday New Year's Day
Thursday Second Day of the New Year
Monday Wellington Provincial Anniversary Day (WGN) regional
Monday Auckland Provincial Anniversary Day (AUK) regional
Monday Nelson Provincial Anniversary Day (NSN) regional
Thursday Waitangi Day (National Day)

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Global Holidays Observed in New Zealand


Below is the list of global holidays observed as non-working public holidays in New Zealand, with the dates of these global holidays for the next 10 years (2024-2034).

New Zealand Background Information and Links



New Zealand Regional Abbreviations


Below is a list of the New Zealand regional abbreviations, used for regional public holidays, in the table above.