New Zealand Holidays 2016

Country Name	New Zealand
Capital City	Wellington
Time Zone	UTC−11:00 — Niue UTC−10:00 — Cook Islands UTC+12:00 — main territory of New Zealand UTC+12:45 — Chatham Islands UTC+13:00 — Tokelau
Currency	New Zealand dollar
Currency Code	NZD
Calling code	00	64

Day Date	Holiday	Comments
Friday January 01 Jan 1	New Years Day
Monday January 04 Jan 4	Day after New Years Day (in lieu)
Monday January 25 Jan 25	Wellington Anniversary Day	Monday closest to 22 January
Monday February 01 Feb 1	Auckland Anniversary Day	Monday nearest to January 29 (Auckland Anniversary Day)
Monday February 01 Feb 1	Nelson Anniversary Day	Monday nearest to February 1
Monday February 08 Feb 8	Waitangi Day	National Day
Monday March 14 Mar 14	Taranaki Anniversary Day	Second Monday in March to avoid Easter
Monday March 21 Mar 21	Otago Anniversary Day	Monday nearest to the actual day
Friday March 25 Mar 25	Good Friday	The Friday before Easter Sunday
Monday March 28 Mar 28	Easter Monday	Monday after Easter Sunday
Tuesday March 29 Mar 29	Southland Anniversary Day	Observed on Easter Tuesday
Monday April 25 Apr 25	ANZAC Day
Sunday May 08 May 8	Mothers Day	2nd Sunday in May. Not a public holiday
Monday June 06 Jun 6	Queens Birthday	The first Monday in June
Sunday September 04 Sep 4	Fathers Day	1st Sunday in September. Not a public holiday
Monday September 26 Sep 26	Dominion Day	Fourth Monday in September
Friday October 21 Oct 21	Hawkes Bay Anniversary Day	Friday before Labour Day
Monday October 24 Oct 24	Labour Day	The fourth Monday in October
Monday October 31 Oct 31	Marlborough Anniversary Day	First Monday after Labour Day
Friday November 11 Nov 11	Christchurch Show Day	Northern and Central Canterbury. Second Friday after the first Tuesday in November
Monday November 28 Nov 28	Westland Anniversary Day	Monday nearest to December 1 (Greymouth)
Monday November 28 Nov 28	Chatham Islands Anniversary Day	Monday nearest to November 30
Sunday December 25 Dec 25	Christmas Day
Monday December 26 Dec 26	Boxing Day
Tuesday December 27 Dec 27	Christmas Day (in lieu)