New Zealand Calendar

New Zealand observes New Zealand Standard Time (UTC+12) in winter and New Zealand Daylight Time (UTC+13) from late September to early April. Alongside Christian-calendar and civic holidays, Matariki — the Māori New Year, marked by the rising of the Matariki star cluster — became a nationwide public holiday in 2022, with its date gazetted years ahead under the Public Holidays Act.

Date	Holiday	Country	Type
2026-01-01	New Year's Day	New Zealand	national
2026-01-02	Day after New Year's Day	New Zealand	national
2026-02-06	Waitangi Day	New Zealand	national
2026-04-03	Good Friday	New Zealand	national
2026-04-06	Easter Monday	New Zealand	national
2026-04-25	Anzac Day	New Zealand	national
2026-06-01	King's Birthday	New Zealand	national
2026-07-10	Matariki	New Zealand	national
2026-10-26	Labour Day	New Zealand	national
2026-12-25	Christmas Day	New Zealand	national
2026-12-28	Boxing Day (substitute)	New Zealand	national

New Zealand has 11 public holidays a year nationwide (several regions add their own anniversary day on top). Most fixed-date holidays are 'Mondayised' to the next working day when they fall on a weekend; Waitangi Day and Anzac Day are the exceptions and are always observed on their actual date.