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NZ Working Day Calculator
Calculate working days in New Zealand, accounting for statutory holidays, regional anniversaries, and shutdown periods. Designed for legal professionals, project managers, and real estate agents.
New Zealand Working Day Calculation Tool
This calculator app can determine either the end date of a specified period of working days or calculate the number of working days between a start and end date. It is specific for use in New Zealand, accounting for statutory holidays, regional anniversaries, summer shutdown periods, and now multi-stage sequential deadlines when you need every milestone in one view.
Disclaimer: Use at your own risk and verify deadlines against the governing statute, contract, or court rules.
For NZ Legal & Business Professionals
This tool can help lawyers, real estate agents, contract managers, and project managers. It's particularly useful when working with contracts, statutory periods under legislation, or court proceedings, where meeting deadlines based on working day periods is essential. Use sequential mode to line up finance conditions, due diligence, settlement, and any other chained obligations in a single calculation.
Working Day Calculator
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NZ Working Day Calculator Features & Tools
Calculation Modes
Flexibly calculate deadlines by adding/subtracting days, or find the number of days between two dates. Control direction, start/end inclusion, and the day counting basis with a single switch.
Chain up to six working-day periods where each result becomes the next start date--perfect for finance -> due diligence -> settlement timelines.
Control whether start and end dates are included in calculations, aligning with Section 54 rules for contracts and legislation.
Includes the Matariki holiday dates as specified in the Te Kāhui o Matariki Public Holiday Act 2022.
Select one or more regional anniversary days or keep 'No Anniversary' for national-only results--the calculator keeps the combinations tidy.
Recognizes holidays that fall on weekends and are observed on the following working day.
Timeline View
Visualize the result through a colour-coded timeline showing working days, weekends, and holidays.
Verification
Review the non-working days excluded from the calculation for complete transparency, and export the result and calculation parameters to PDF.
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Accurate Working Day Calculations for New Zealand
WorkingDayCalculator.nz handles New Zealand's working day complexity across all regions, anniversary days, and shutdown periods. Generate defensible timelines with exportable audit trails for legal deadlines, settlement dates, and multi-stage project schedules.
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