New Zealand Holidays in 2025

List of public holidays in New Zealand 2025 calendar

DateDayNameType
1st JanuaryWednesdayNew Year's DayNational Holiday
2nd JanuaryThursdayDay after New Year's DayNational Holiday
20th JanuaryMondayWellington Anniversary DayLocal Holiday
27th JanuaryMondayNorthland Anniversary DayLocal Holiday
27th JanuaryMondayAuckland Anniversary DayLocal Holiday
3rd FebruaryMondayNelson Anniversary DayLocal Holiday
6th FebruaryThursdayWaitangi DayNational Holiday
14th FebruaryFridayValentine's DayObservance
10th MarchMondayTaranaki Anniversary DayLocal Holiday
20th MarchThursdayMarch EquinoxSeason
24th MarchMondayOtago Anniversary DayLocal Holiday
1st AprilTuesdayApril FoolsObservance
18th AprilFridayGood FridayNational Holiday
19th AprilSaturdayHoly SaturdayObservance
20th AprilSundayEaster SundayRestricted Trading Day
21st AprilMondayEaster MondayNational Holiday
22nd AprilTuesdaySouthland Anniversary DayLocal Holiday
25th AprilFridayANZAC DayNational Holiday
11th MaySundayMother's DayObservance
2nd JuneMondayKing's BirthdayNational Holiday
20th JuneFridayMatarikiNational Holiday
21st JuneSaturdayJune SolsticeSeason
7th SeptemberSundayFathers' DayObservance
22nd SeptemberMondaySouth Canterbury Anniversary DayLocal Holiday
23rd SeptemberTuesdaySeptember EquinoxSeason
24th OctoberFridayHawke's Bay Anniversary DayLocal Holiday
27th OctoberMondayLabour DayNational Holiday
31st OctoberFridayHalloweenObservance
3rd NovemberMondayMarlborough Anniversary DayLocal Holiday
5th NovemberWednesdayGuy Fawkes NightObservance
14th NovemberFridayCanterbury Anniversary DayLocal Holiday
1st DecemberMondayChatham Islands Anniversary DayLocal Holiday
1st DecemberMondayWestland Anniversary DayLocal Holiday
22nd DecemberMondayDecember SolsticeSeason
24th DecemberWednesdayChristmas EveObservance
25th DecemberThursdayChristmas DayNational Holiday
26th DecemberFridayBoxing DayNational Holiday
31st DecemberWednesdayNew Year's EveObservance
We strive to provide an accurate and up-to-date holiday's list for New Zealand. however, please note that some holidays dates may change. If you discover any discrepancies, kindly report to us.

Note: Some holidays are color-coded based on the types of holidays. For example -

  1. Public Holidays
  2. Local Holidays
  3. Other Holidays

Frequently Asked Questions

How many holidays in New Zealand this year in 2025?

There are 11 holidays in New Zealand in 2025

How to retrieve the New Zealand holidays list via API?

Simply make a GET request to v1/holidays?country=NZ&year=2025 API to retrieve this list of New Zealand holidays. Here is an example using Node.js and our official package on NPM.

// Install the 11holidays package from NPM
// npm i 11holidays

import HolidaysApi from '11holidays';

const instance = new HolidaysApi(API_KEY);
const holidays = await instance.holidays.list({ country: 'NZ', year: '2025'});
console.log(holidays);
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