
NZ Property Settlement: The 10-Working-Day Traps
The recurring traps in counting 10 working days for NZ property settlement — regional anniversaries, the Christmas dead zone, and the April cluster.
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The recurring traps in counting 10 working days for NZ property settlement — regional anniversaries, the Christmas dead zone, and the April cluster.

The RMA's working day definition differs from the Holidays Act — the Christmas exclusion starts on 20 December, and regional anniversary days are not excluded.

The working day traps that consistently cause problems in NZ employment practice — 90-day trials, otherwise working days, and notice period calculations.

All 11 NZ public holidays for 2026, mondayisation rules, regional anniversary days, and the quirks that trip up payroll and planning.

Only six NZ public holidays can be mondayised, weekend workers do not get two public holidays for one date, and the Christmas/New Year cluster has its own cascade logic.