NZ Public Holidays & Year Planner for 2026
Your complete guide to New Zealand public holidays for 2026. This interactive wallplanner provides a comprehensive overview of all official statutory holidays, regional anniversaries, school terms, and significant cultural dates. Plan your personal and professional commitments with confidence.
Key Information & Features:
- Comprehensive Holiday Data: Displays all official NZ statutory holidays, regional anniversaries (filter by region coming soon!), and other significant dates.
- School Holiday Overlays: Easily toggle Primary/Intermediate and Secondary/Composite school term dates to align family and business schedules (data available for specific years).
- Interactive Calendar: Navigate by year and month, with clear visual indicators for different event types.
- Flexible Views: Choose between a traditional calendar grid or a chronological list of all events for detailed planning.
- Print & Share: Download a high-quality PDF or ICS (iCalendar) file of the current wallplanner view for offline reference, team sharing, or import into your personal calendar application.
- Accurate & Up-to-Date: Holiday information is sourced from official NZ government data and regularly reviewed.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Statutory Holidays (like Christmas or ANZAC Day) are official non-working days defined by law. Dates of Significance (like Valentine's Day or Halloween) are culturally relevant dates included for context but are normal working days.
School holiday dates are sourced directly from the New Zealand Ministry of Education's official term date releases for state and state-integrated schools. We process the official .ics calendar files provided by the Ministry.
While the main term breaks often align, the Ministry of Education occasionally sets slightly different start or end dates for Primary/Intermediate schools compared to Secondary/Composite schools, particularly around the start and end of the school year.
No, this wallplanner focuses on holidays and significant dates. Shutdown periods, which define non-working days for specific industries (like legal or construction) over summer, are applied in the main Working Day Calculator tool, not visualized here.
Yes! Use the 'Export to PDF' button within the controls section above the calendar to generate a high-quality PDF version of the currently displayed year, suitable for printing. You can also use the 'Export to ICS' button to download an iCalendar file that can be imported into calendar applications like Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or Microsoft Outlook.
Mondayisation means that if certain public holidays (like Christmas, New Year's Day, ANZAC Day before 1pm) fall on a Saturday or Sunday, employees who would not normally work on that day get their paid day off on the following Monday (or sometimes Tuesday). Our calculator handles these rules automatically. You can learn more about Mondayisation rules here.
Generally, yes, if the public holiday falls on a day they would otherwise have worked. If an employee works on a public holiday, they are usually entitled to be paid at least time and a half and may also get an alternative holiday (a paid day off to be taken later). Specific entitlements can vary based on employment agreements.