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 2011 - 2012 are as follows.
| School holidays | 08 October 2011 - 24 October 2011 |
| Labour Day | Monday 24 October 2011 |
| School holidays | 14 December 2011 - 31 January 2012 |
| Christmas Day | Sunday 25 December 2011 |
| Boxing Day holiday | Monday 26 December 2011 |
| Christmas Day holiday | Tuesday 27 December 2011 |
| New Year's Day | Sunday 1 January 2012 |
| Waitangi Day | Monday 6 February 2012 |
| School holidays | 6 April 2011 - 22 April 2012 |
| Good Friday (Easter) | Friday 6 April 2012 |
| Easter Monday | Monday 9 April 2012 |
| Anzac Day | Wednesday 25 April 2012 |
| Queen's Birthday | Monday 4 June 2012 |
| School holidays | 2 July 2012 - 15 July 2012 |
| School holidays | 1 October 2012 - 14 October 2012 |
| Labour Day | Monday 22 October 2012 |
| School holidays | 12 December 2012 - 29 January 2013 |
| Christmas Day | Tuesday 25 December 2012 |
| Boxing Day holiday | Wednesday 26 December 2012 |
| New Year's Day | Tuesday 1 January 2013 |
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 2011/2012
| Provincial District | Actual Day | Observance Day 2011 | Observance Day 2012 |
| Wellington (Wellington,Manawatu,Wanganui) |
22 January | 24 January | 23 January |
| Auckland (Waikato, King Country,Coromandel,Bay of Plenty,Gisborne,East Coast) |
29 January | 31 January | 30 January |
| Nelson (Nelson,Tasman,Buller) |
1 February | 31 January | 30 January |
| Taranaki (New Plymouth) |
31 March | 14 March | 12 March |
| Otago (Dunedin,Queenstown) |
23 March | 21 March | 26 March |
| Hawke's Bay (Napier,Hasting) |
1 November | 21 October | 19 October |
| Marlborough (Blenheim,Picton) |
1 November | 31 October | 29 October |
| Canterbury (Christchurch,Ashburton) |
16 December | 11 November | 16 November |
| Southland (Invercargill,Bluff,Milford Sounds,Fiordland) |
17 January | 17 January | 16 January |
| Westland (Westport,Greymouth) |
1 December | 5 December | 3 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.
