New Zealand public holidays 2025

New Zealand 2025

The calendar above is already set to New Zealand holidays for 2025, ready to download as a PDF. Below is the full list, the weekday each holiday falls on, and the long weekends they create.

How holidays work in New Zealand

All 23 public holidays

DateDayHoliday
January 1WednesdayNew Year's Day
January 2ThursdayDay after New Year's Day
January 20MondayWellington Anniversary DayWellington and Manawatū-Whanganui
January 27MondayAuckland Anniversary Day5 regions
February 3MondayNelson Anniversary DayNelson
February 6ThursdayWaitangi Day
March 10MondayTaranaki Anniversary DayTaranaki
March 24MondayOtago Anniversary DayOtago
April 18FridayGood Friday
April 21MondayEaster Monday
April 22TuesdaySouthland Anniversary DaySouthland
April 25FridayAnzac Day
June 2MondayKing's Birthday
June 20FridayMatariki
September 22MondayCanterbury (South) Anniversary DayCanterbury
October 24FridayHawke's Bay Anniversary DayHawke's Bay
October 27MondayLabour Day
November 3MondayMarlborough Anniversary DayMarlborough
November 14FridayCanterbury Anniversary DayCanterbury
December 1MondayChatham Islands Anniversary DayChatham Islands
December 1MondayWestland Anniversary DayWest Coast
December 25ThursdayChristmas Day
December 26FridayBoxing Day

These are the dates as officially observed. Where a country moves a day off because the holiday itself falls at a weekend, the moved date is the one shown, which is why a date here can differ from the traditional one. 12 of these apply to some regions rather than the whole country; the generator can narrow the calendar to one region so only the days off that actually apply are printed.

Long weekends in 2025

Stretches of three or more days off in a row, counting weekends and nationwide public holidays together. Holidays that apply only to some regions are left out, since they would not give most people the day off.

DatesDaysBecause of
April 18 – April 214Good Friday, Easter Monday
April 25 – April 273Anzac Day
May 31 – June 23King's Birthday
June 20 – June 223Matariki
October 25 – October 273Labour Day
December 25 – December 284Christmas Day, Boxing Day

Print it

The generator at the top of this page marks every holiday listed here. The calendar language is a separate setting, so you can print New Zealand holidays with month names in any of 58 languages — or switch the holidays off and keep a plain calendar.

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