Working days in New Zealand, 2028
New Zealand has 249 working days in 2028: the year's 260 weekdays, minus the 11 nationwide public holidays that land on one. The month-by-month table below is computed from the same holiday data the calendar maker prints.
Month by month
| Month | Weekdays | Holidays on weekdays | Working days |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21 | 2 | 19 |
| February | 21 | 1 | 20 |
| March | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| April | 20 | 3 | 17 |
| May | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| June | 22 | 1 | 21 |
| July | 21 | 1 | 20 |
| August | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| September | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| October | 22 | 1 | 21 |
| November | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| December | 21 | 2 | 19 |
| Total | 260 | 11 | 249 |
- The fullest month is March with 23 working days; the lightest is April with 17.
- Counts use nationwide holidays only — regional ones (a state day in the US, a cantonal day in Switzerland) reduce the total further where they apply.
- Weekends are Saturday and Sunday. Half-day customs — a Christmas Eve afternoon, a Bayram eve — are not subtracted.
Which holidays are subtracted
The 11 nationwide holidays falling on weekdays come from the same dataset as the New Zealand public holidays 2028 page, which lists each one with the weekday it lands on — and how New Zealand's holiday system works:
- New Zealand 'Mondayises' several holidays: when Waitangi Day, ANZAC Day, or the Christmas–New Year holidays fall at a weekend, the following Monday becomes the day off. The observed date is what this page shows.
- Each region also keeps its own Anniversary Day — Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury and the rest all on different dates — which is why the list below is long, with the regional rows marked.
- Matariki, the Māori new year, became a public holiday in 2022. Its date follows the lunar calendar and moves between June and July each year.
Print it
The calendar maker opens on 2028 with New Zealand holidays marked, ready to print — and the 2028 calendar page carries the year's other numbers.