Public holidays in New Zealand 2025
11 national public holidays in New Zealand in 2025. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday.
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January | Wednesday | New Year's Day |
| 2 January | Thursday | Day after New Year's Day |
| 6 February | Thursday | Waitangi Day |
| 18 April | Friday | Good Friday |
| 21 April | Monday | Easter Monday |
| 25 April | Friday | ANZAC Day |
| 2 June | Monday | King's Birthday |
| 20 June | Friday | Matariki |
| 27 October | Monday | Labour Day |
| 25 December | Thursday | Christmas Day |
| 26 December | Friday | Boxing Day |
Other observances
Bank holidays, optional and observance days. Most are not days off for everyone.
- 20 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=2025" \
-H "x-api-key: $APISTACK_API_KEY"