New Zealand public holidays 2028

New Zealand 2028

The calendar above is already set to New Zealand holidays for 2028, 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 3MondayNew Year's Day
January 4TuesdayDay after New Year's Day
January 24MondayWellington Anniversary DayWellington and Manawatū-Whanganui
January 31MondayAuckland Anniversary Day5 regions
January 31MondayNelson Anniversary DayNelson
February 7MondayWaitangi Day
March 13MondayTaranaki Anniversary DayTaranaki
March 20MondayOtago Anniversary DayOtago
April 14FridayGood Friday
April 17MondayEaster Monday
April 18TuesdaySouthland Anniversary DaySouthland
April 25TuesdayAnzac Day
June 5MondayKing's Birthday
July 14FridayMatariki
September 25MondayCanterbury (South) Anniversary DayCanterbury
October 20FridayHawke's Bay Anniversary DayHawke's Bay
October 23MondayLabour Day
October 30MondayMarlborough Anniversary DayMarlborough
November 17FridayCanterbury Anniversary DayCanterbury
November 27MondayChatham Islands Anniversary DayChatham Islands
December 4MondayWestland Anniversary DayWest Coast
December 25MondayChristmas Day
December 26TuesdayBoxing 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 2028

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 5 – February 73Waitangi Day
April 14 – April 174Good Friday, Easter Monday
June 3 – June 53King's Birthday
July 14 – July 163Matariki
October 21 – October 233Labour Day
December 23 – December 264Christmas 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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