New Zealand Public Holidays, School Holidays, Special Events and Daylight Saving Dates
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New Zealand Holiday Planning
New Zealand Public Holidays
New Zealand School Holidays
New Zealand Events
New Zealand Daylight Savings Dates
New Zealand Holiday Planning
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New Zealand Public Holidays
New Zealand public holidays for the rest of 2012 - 2013 are as follows.
| School holidays | 28 September 2012 - 15 October 2012 |
| Labour Day | Monday 22 October 2012 |
| School holidays | 20 December 2012 - 28 January 2013 |
| Christmas Day | Tuesday 25 December 2012 |
| Boxing Day holiday | Wednesday 26 December 2012 |
| New Year's Day | Tuesday 1 January 2013 |
| Day after New Year's Day | Wednesday 2 January 2013 |
| Waitangi Day | Wednesday 6 February 2013 |
| School holidays | 19 April 2013 - 6 May 2013 |
| Good Friday (Easter) | Friday 29 March 2013 |
| Easter Monday | Monday 1 April 2013 |
| Anzac Day | Thursday 25 April 2013 |
| Queen's Birthday | Monday 3 June 2013 |
| School holidays | 12 July 2013 - 29 July 2013 |
| School holidays | 27 September 2013 - 14 October 2013 |
| Labour Day | Monday 28 October 2013 |
| School holidays | 20 December 2013 - 27 January 2014 |
| Christmas Day | Wednesday 25 December 2013 |
| Boxing Day holiday | Thursday 26 December 2013 |
| New Year's Day | Wednesday 1 January 2014 |
| Day after New Year's Day | Thursday 2 January 2014 |
New Zealand School Holidays
Click
here to view the dates of all New Zealand school holidays for 2011 - 2012.
(the web page includes a link for 2013 dates). This information is provided
by the Ministry of Education.
New Zealand Provincial Holidays 2012/2013
| Provincial District | Actual Day | Observance Day 2012 | Observance Day 2013 |
| Wellington (Wellington,Manawatu,Wanganui) |
22 January | 23 January | 21 January |
| Auckland (Waikato, King Country,Coromandel,Bay of Plenty,Gisborne,East Coast) |
29 January | 30 January | 28 January |
| Nelson (Nelson,Tasman,Buller) |
1 February | 30 January | 4 February |
| Taranaki (New Plymouth) |
31 March | 12 March | 11 March |
| Otago (Dunedin,Queenstown) |
23 March | 26 March | 25 March |
| Hawke's Bay (Napier,Hasting) |
1 November | 19 October | 25 October |
| Marlborough (Blenheim,Picton) |
1 November | 29 October | 4 November |
| Canterbury (Christchurch,Ashburton) |
16 December | 16 November | 15 November |
| Southland (Invercargill,Bluff,Milford Sounds,Fiordland) |
17 January | 16 January | 21 January |
| Westland (Westport,Greymouth) |
1 December | 3 December | 2 December |
New Zealand Events
Comprehensive event information is available online at the following web sites.
Dates for Daylight Saving (New Zealand Summer Time)
New Zealand standard time is GMT+12. Daylight saving (summer time) starts at 2 am on the last Sunday in September, when the clocks are put forward by one hour (GMT+13) and ends at 3am on the first Sunday in April, when the clocks are put back one hour.
