Calendar 2009 With Holidays & Moon Phases

About Public Holidays in New Zealand

New Zealand's holidays reflect British tradition, Māori culture and the pioneering egalitarian spirit. Waitangi Day on February 6, the country's national day, commemorates the 1840 treaty between the Crown and Māori, while Anzac Day on April 25 brings dawn services honouring the fallen. Matariki, the Māori New Year marked by the rising of the Pleiades, became a public holiday in 2022 and anchors the winter. Christmas falls in summer, and the country observes its own Labour Day in late October.

In 2009, New Zealand observes 0 public holidays, of which 0 fall on a weekend.