Employees have minimum rights that apply to public holidays. Dates when employees get national public holidays and regional anniversary days. Day after new year's day:
View the complete list of new zealand public holidays for 2026 on an interactive calendar.
When are the public and anniversary holidays in 2026?
Includes all official statutory holidays, regional anniversaries, and school holidays. The observed date is when. What about school terms in 2026? Auckland anniversary day is a regional public holiday that commemorates governor william hobsonβs proclamation uniting new zealand as a sovereign nation under british rule.
An employee is entitled to a paid day off if a public holiday falls on a day they would otherwise be working. While we diligently research and update our holiday dates, some of the information in the table above may be preliminary. New zealand public, statutory holidays, school holidays and daylight savings including anniversary holidays for 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027 Holidays and observances in new zealand in 2026.