Public holidays 2027

Public holidays in New Zealand 2027

New Zealand has 11 nationwide public holidays in 2027, 11 of them on a working day. 12 more holidays apply only in some regions.

Download 2027 calendar (.ics) Count working days for New Zealand

New Zealand 2027 at a glance

Nationwide public holidays
11
Of those, on a working day
11
Of those, on a weekend
0
Regional only
12
Longest break
4 days (1 January to 4 January)
Bridge days
0
Most nationwide holidays in
January (2)

The weekend is taken as Saturday and Sunday for the working-day count, the long weekends and the bridge days.

All public holidays in New Zealand, 2027

Public holidays in New Zealand in 2027, by date
DateDayHolidayLocal nameApplies to
FridayNew Year's DayNew Year's Day Nationwide
MondayDay after New Year's DayDay after New Year's Day Nationwide
MondayWellington Anniversary DayWellington Anniversary DaySome regions: NZ-MWT, NZ-WGN
MondayAuckland Anniversary DayAuckland/Northland Anniversary DaySome regions: NZ-AUK, NZ-BOP, NZ-GIS, NZ-NTL, NZ-WKO
MondayNelson Anniversary DayNelson Anniversary DaySome regions: NZ-NSN
MondayWaitangi DayWaitangi Day Nationwide
MondayTaranaki Anniversary DayTaranaki Anniversary DaySome regions: NZ-TKI
MondayOtago Anniversary DayOtago Anniversary DaySome regions: NZ-OTA
FridayGood FridayGood Friday Nationwide
MondayEaster MondayEaster Monday Nationwide
TuesdaySouthland Anniversary DaySouthland Anniversary DaySome regions: NZ-STL
MondayAnzac DayAnzac Day Nationwide
MondayKing's BirthdayKing's Birthday Nationwide
FridayMatarikiMatariki Nationwide
MondayCanterbury (South) Anniversary DayDominion DaySome regions: NZ-CAN
FridayHawke's Bay Anniversary DayHawke's Bay Anniversary DaySome regions: NZ-HKB
MondayLabour DayLabour Day Nationwide
MondayMarlborough Anniversary DayMarlborough Anniversary DaySome regions: NZ-MBH
FridayCanterbury Anniversary DayCanterbury (North & Central) Anniversary DaySome regions: NZ-CAN
MondayChatham Islands Anniversary DayChatham Islands Anniversary DaySome regions: NZ-CIT
MondayWestland Anniversary DayWestland Anniversary DaySome regions: NZ-WTC
MondayChristmas DayChristmas Day Nationwide
TuesdayBoxing DayBoxing Day Nationwide

Source: Nager.Date, checked on . Regions are ISO 3166-2 codes.

Long weekends and bridge days in New Zealand

A long weekend is three or more days off in a row made by a nationwide holiday and the weekend. A bridge day is a working day with a day off on both sides: one leave day there joins a holiday to the weekend, or two holidays to each other.

Long weekends (8)

  • Friday 1 January to Monday 4 January 2027: 4 days off, with New Year's Day, Day after New Year's Day.
  • Saturday 6 February to Monday 8 February 2027: 3 days off, with Waitangi Day.
  • Friday 26 March to Monday 29 March 2027: 4 days off, with Good Friday, Easter Monday.
  • Saturday 24 April to Monday 26 April 2027: 3 days off, with Anzac Day.
  • Saturday 5 June to Monday 7 June 2027: 3 days off, with King's Birthday.
  • Friday 25 June to Sunday 27 June 2027: 3 days off, with Matariki.
  • Saturday 23 October to Monday 25 October 2027: 3 days off, with Labour Day.
  • Saturday 25 December to Tuesday 28 December 2027: 4 days off, with Christmas Day, Boxing Day.

Bridge days (0)

No working day in 2027 sits between two days off, so there is no bridge day by this rule.

Regional holidays are left out of both lists: they depend on where the employee works.

Regional holidays

12 of the public holidays in New Zealand apply only in the regions named in the table. Whether one applies to an employee depends on where they work, so a company with people in several regions has a different list for each.

Add New Zealand to your calendar

Download the 2027 calendar (.ics), or paste its address into Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple Calendar to subscribe. It holds one all-day event per public holiday and marks none of them as busy.

https://hoursquare.com/public-holidays/new-zealand/2027.ics

Plan leave around these dates

Check how many working days a trip really needs, with New Zealand's holidays taken out, in the vacation calculator. The glossary explains what a public holiday is in HR terms.

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