Public holidays in New Zealand 2027
16 national public holidays in New Zealand in 2027. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday.
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January | Friday | New Year's Day |
| 2 January | Saturday | Day after New Year's Day |
| 4 January | Monday | Day after New Year's Day (substitute day)substitute day |
| 6 February | Saturday | Waitangi Day |
| 8 February | Monday | Waitangi Day (substitute day)substitute day |
| 26 March | Friday | Good Friday |
| 29 March | Monday | Easter Monday |
| 25 April | Sunday | ANZAC Day |
| 26 April | Monday | ANZAC Day (substitute day)substitute day |
| 7 June | Monday | King's Birthday |
| 25 June | Friday | Matariki |
| 25 October | Monday | Labour Day |
| 25 December | Saturday | Christmas Day |
| 26 December | Sunday | Boxing Day |
| 27 December | Monday | Christmas Day (substitute day)substitute day |
| 28 December | Tuesday | Boxing Day (substitute day)substitute day |
Other observances
Bank holidays, optional and observance days. Most are not days off for everyone.
- 28 March · 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=2027" \
-H "x-api-key: $APISTACK_API_KEY"