Public holidays in New Zealand 2026
13 national public holidays in New Zealand in 2026. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday. Next: Labour Day on 26 October (Monday).
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January | Thursday | New Year's Day |
| 2 January | Friday | Day after New Year's Day |
| 6 February | Friday | Waitangi Day |
| 3 April | Friday | Good Friday |
| 6 April | Monday | Easter Monday |
| 25 April | Saturday | ANZAC Day |
| 27 April | Monday | ANZAC Day (substitute day)substitute day |
| 1 June | Monday | King's Birthday |
| 10 July | Friday | Matariki |
| 26 October | Monday | Labour Day |
| 25 December | Friday | Christmas Day |
| 26 December | Saturday | Boxing Day |
| 28 December | Monday | Boxing Day (substitute day)substitute day |
Other observances
Bank holidays, optional and observance days. Most are not days off for everyone.
- 5 April · Easter Sunday (observance)
Regional holidays
Some holidays apply only in parts of New Zealand. The API returns them with the region parameter, e.g. region=AUK for Auckland Province. Regions: Auckland Province, Bay of Plenty, Canterbury, Chatham Islands, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, Marlborough, Manawatu-Wanganui, Nelson, Northland, Otago Province, Southland, Tasman, Taranaki, Waikato, Wellington Province, Westland.
Source: date-holidays rules v3.26.5 (ISC (data: CC BY-SA 3.0)). About our data
Get this data from the API
Get these dates as JSON, check whether a date is a working day in New Zealand, or add working days that skip weekends and holidays.
curl "https://apistack.online/api/data/public-holidays/v1?country=NZ&year=2026" \
-H "x-api-key: $APISTACK_API_KEY"