New Zealand Public Holidays 2023 and Future Years

A calendar guide to national New Zealand public and bank holidays to help plan your holiday, event, or days off work.

Ferry from Wellington Arriving at Picton Docks During New Zealand Public Holidays
Ferry from Wellington Arriving at Picton Docks

Visits to any locations, venues or special events held on these dates can be listed in your travel plans to coincide with your tour.

Further down the page there is a list of links to New Zealand holidays dates for this year and future years.

At these national holiday dates there will be all kinds of local and national events. Keep it in mind that the population of New Zealand will also be on holiday at the same time.

Remember that a lot of shops, garages, and other places you would normally expect to be open for business may well be closed on some of these public holiday days.

Competition for accommodation and travel is high during New Zealand national holidays so be sure to book well in advance. Most popular seasons for Kiwi holidays.

Current and Future Years

All the public holiday information is listed on this page.

Links to detailed holiday dates for each year, or scroll to view the full years in order.

Some of the public holidays are officially taken as the following working day if the vacation date falls on a weekend day. This is in place so that working New Zealanders do not miss having a day off work that they are entitled to have for the bank holiday and from 2014 also includes Waitangi and ANZAC Days. For example, if the holiday falls on a Sunday, Monday will normally be taken as the holiday day. Or, if the Monday happens to be another holiday date such as Boxing Day, the Tuesday will be taken for Christmas Day. It can be quite confusing in some years but the links above take you to pages that give exact days of vacations in NZ.

It is therefore advisable to check the dates of public holiday events in advance of travel to ensure you know the exact date of the event. The venue of any event will be able to advise you of any day changes for any particular year according to the national or bank holiday. You don't want to arrive a day early or a day late!

Public Holidays 2022

Public Holiday

Date 2022

New Year Saturday 1st January 2022 or
Monday 3rd January 2022
Day After New Year Sunday 2nd January 2022 or
Tuesday 4th January 2022
Waitangi Day Sunday 6th February 2022 or
Monday 7th February 2022
Good Friday Friday 15th April 2022
Easter Monday Monday 18th April 2022
ANZAC Day Monday 25th April 2022
Queen's Birthday Monday 6th June 2022
Labour Day Monday 24th October 2022
Christmas Day Sunday 25th December 2022 or
Tuesday 27th December 2022
Boxing Day Monday 26th December 2022

Public Holidays 2023

Public Holiday

Date 2023

New Year Sunday 1st January 2023 or
Tuesday 3rd January 2023
Day After New Year Monday 2nd January 2023
Waitangi Day Monday 6th February 2023
Good Friday Friday 7th April 2023
Easter Monday Monday 10th April 2023
ANZAC Day Tuesday 25th April 2023
King's Birthday Monday 5th June 2023
Labour Day Monday 23th October 2023
Christmas Day Monday 25th December 2023
Boxing Day Tuesday 26th December 2023

Public Holidays 2024

Public Holiday

Date 2024

New Year Monday 1st January 2024
Day After New Year Tuesday 2nd January 2024
Waitangi Day Tuesday 6th February 2024
Good Friday Friday 29th March 2024
Easter Monday Monday 1st April 2024
ANZAC Day Thursday 25th April 2024
King's Birthday Monday 3rd June 2024
Labour Day Monday 28th October 2024
Christmas Day Wednesday 25th December 2024
Boxing Day Thursday 26th December 2024

Public Holidays 2025

Public Holiday

Date 2025

New Year Wednesday 1st January 2025
Day After New Year Thursday 2nd January 2025
Waitangi Day Thursday 6th February 2025
Good Friday Friday 18th April 2025
Easter Monday Monday 21st April 2025
ANZAC Day Friday 25th April 2025
King's Birthday Monday 2rd June 2025
Labour Day Monday 27th October 2025
Christmas Day Thursday 25th December 2025
Boxing Day Friday 26th December 2025

Public Holidays 2026

Public Holiday

Date 2026

New Year Thursday 1st January 2026
Day After New Year Friday 2nd January 2026
Waitangi Day Friday 6th February 2026
Good Friday Friday 3rd April 2026
Easter Monday Monday 6th April 2026
ANZAC Day Monday 27th April 2026
King's Birthday Monday 1st June 2026
Labour Day Monday 26th October 2026
Christmas Day Friday 25th December 2026
Boxing Day Monday 28th December 2026

Public Holidays 2027

Public Holiday

Date 2027

New Year Friday 1st January 2027
Day After New Year Monday 4th January 2027
Waitangi Day Monday 8th February 2027
Good Friday Friday 26th March 2027
Easter Monday Monday 29th March 2027
ANZAC Day Monday 26th April 2027
King's Birthday Monday 7th June 2027
Labour Day Monday 26th October 2027
Christmas Day Monday 27th December 2027
Boxing Day Tuesday 28th December 2027

Public Holidays 2028

Public Holiday

Date 2028

New Year Monday 3rd January 2028
Day After New Year Tuesday 4th January 2028
Waitangi Day Monday 7th February 2028
Good Friday Friday 14th April 2028
Easter Monday Monday 17th April 2028
ANZAC Day Tuesday 25th April 2028
King's Birthday Monday 5th June 2028
Labour Day Monday 23th October 2028
Christmas Day Monday 25th December 2028
Boxing Day Tuesday 26th December 2028

Public Holidays 2029

Public Holiday

Date 2029

New Year Monday 1st January 2029
Day After New Year Tuesday 2nd January 2029
Waitangi Day Tuesday 6th February 2029
Good Friday Friday 30th March 2029
Easter Monday Monday 2nd April 2029
ANZAC Day Wednesday 25th April 2029
King's Birthday Monday 4th June 2029
Labour Day Monday 22nd October 2029
Christmas Day Tuesday 25th December 2029
Boxing Day Wednesday 26th December 2029

Public Holidays 2030

Public Holiday

Date 2030

New Year Tuesday 1st January 2030
Day After New Year Wednesday 2nd January 2030
Waitangi Day Wednesday 6th February 2030
Good Friday Friday 19th April 2030
Easter Monday Monday 22nd April 2030
ANZAC Day Thursday 25th April 2030
King's Birthday Monday 3rd June 2030
Labour Day Monday 28th October 2030
Christmas Day Wednesday 25th December 2030
Boxing Day Thursday 26th December 2030

Public Holidays 2031

Public Holiday

Date 2031

New Year Wednesday 1st January 2031
Day After New Year Thursday 2nd January 2031
Waitangi Day Thursday 6th February 2031
Good Friday Friday 11th April 2031
Easter Monday Monday 14th April 2031
ANZAC Day Friday 25th April 2031
King's Birthday Monday 2nd June 2031
Labour Day Monday 27th October 2031
Christmas Day Thursday 25th December 2031
Boxing Day Friday 26th December 2031

Although the above information is believed to be accurate at time of publishing, it is provided as an information and educational guide only. It is your responsibility to ensure you check with specific venues and events that fall on these days prior to booking your vacation. Please refer to the site Disclaimer.