Holidays & Festivals

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We love them and we’d love them more if they were uniform across the globe. Holidays and Festivals have a habit of happening after you’ve worked out your travel schedule to the last nanosecond. Find out how your trip figures with calendars around the world with JourneyMart’s exhaustive list.
NEW ZEALAND
Date 2008 Occasion
January 1 New Year's Day1  
January 2 Day after New Year's Day1
February 6 New Zealand & Waitangi Day
March 2 Children's Day
March 21 - 24 Good Friday - Easter Monday
April 25 ANZAC Day
May 1 Labour Day
May 11 Mother's Day
June 5 Queen's Birthday
November 2 All Soul's Day
December 25 Christmas Day1
December 26 Boxing Day1
1 New Year's Day and the day after are moved to the Monday (and Tuesday) following if they occur on a weekend. If Saturday or Sunday is New Year's Day, then Monday and Tuesday are holidays. If Friday is New Year's Day, then Monday is given in lieu of the 2nd day holiday. The same rule applies to Christmas and Boxing Day.
Weekend Saturday, Sunday