Important Dates in New Zealand for 2026
| New Years Day Holiday | Thursday 1 January |
| Day after New Years Day | Friday 2 January |
| Waitangi Day | Friday 6 February |
| Good Friday | Friday 3 April |
| Easter Monday | Monday 6 April |
| ANZAC Day | Saturday 25 April or Monday 27 April |
| Queen's Birthday | Monday 1 June |
| Labour Day | Monday 26 October |
| Christmas Day | Friday 25 December |
| Boxing Day | Saturday 26 December |
| Wellington Anniversary Day | Monday 19 January |
| Auckland Anniversary Day | Monday 26 January |
| Nelson Anniversary Day | Monday 2 February |
| Taranaki Anniversary Day | Monday 9 March |
| Otago Anniversary Day | Monday 23 March |
| Southland Anniversary Day | Tuesday 7 April |
| South Canterbury Anniversary Day | Monday 28 September |
| Hawkes Bay Anniversary Day | Friday 23 October |
| Marlborough Anniversary Day | Monday 2 November |
| Canterbury Anniversary Day | Friday 13 November |
| Chatham Islands Anniversary Day | Monday 30 November |
| Westland Anniversary Day | Monday 30 November |
| New Years Day | Thursday 1 January |
| Valentine's Day | Saturday 14 February |
| Chinese New Year | Tuesday 17 February - Year of the Horse |
| Saint Patrick's Day | Tuesday 17 March |
| Easter Sunday | Sunday 5 April |
| Mothers Day | Sunday 10 May |
| Matariki | Wednesday 8 July |
| Fathers Day | Sunday 6 September |
| Guy Fawkes | Thursday 5 November |
| Christmas Day | Friday 25 December |
| Tax Year End | Tuesday 31 March |
| Tax Year Start | Wednesday 1 April |
| Daylight Saving End | Sunday 5 April (3.00am becomes 2.00am) |
| Daylight Saving Start | Sunday 27 September (2.00am becomes 3.00am) |
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