New Zealand public holidays 2026

New Zealand 2026

The calendar above is already set to New Zealand holidays for 2026, 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 1ThursdayNew Year's Day
January 2FridayDay after New Year's Day
January 19MondayWellington Anniversary DayWellington and Manawatū-Whanganui
January 26MondayAuckland Anniversary Day5 regions
February 2MondayNelson Anniversary DayNelson
February 6FridayWaitangi Day
March 9MondayTaranaki Anniversary DayTaranaki
March 23MondayOtago Anniversary DayOtago
April 3FridayGood Friday
April 6MondayEaster Monday
April 7TuesdaySouthland Anniversary DaySouthland
April 27MondayAnzac Day
June 1MondayKing's Birthday
July 10FridayMatariki
September 28MondayCanterbury (South) Anniversary DayCanterbury
October 23FridayHawke's Bay Anniversary DayHawke's Bay
October 26MondayLabour Day
November 2MondayMarlborough Anniversary DayMarlborough
November 13FridayCanterbury Anniversary DayCanterbury
November 30MondayChatham Islands Anniversary DayChatham Islands
November 30MondayWestland Anniversary DayWest Coast
December 25FridayChristmas Day
December 28MondayBoxing 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 2026

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
January 1 – January 44New Year's Day, Day after New Year's Day
February 6 – February 83Waitangi Day
April 3 – April 64Good Friday, Easter Monday
April 25 – April 273Anzac Day
May 30 – June 13King's Birthday
July 10 – July 123Matariki
October 24 – October 263Labour 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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