Holiday Calendar for New Zealand in November
New Zealanders observe 10 common national public holidays a year (also known as statutory holidays) legislated by the Holidays Act 2003. Stat holidays are mostly cultural, nationalistic, and religious holidays. Additionally all New Zealand’s provinces celebrate regional anniversary days also specified as public holidays. 
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November 2025
Sunday 2 November - Marlborough Anniversary Day in New Zealand (Date for 2024. Holiday is actually the 1st of November but it is observed on the first Monday after Labour Day)
Wednesday 5 November - Guy Fawkes Night (United Kingdom, New Zealand and Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada); International Volunteer Managers Day
Tuesday 11 November - Armistice Day (New Zealand, France, Belgium and Serbia. End of World War I-related observances)
Thursday 13 November - Canterbury Anniversary Day in New Zealand (Holiday is actually the 16th of December but it is observed on the second Friday after the first Tuesday in November. This is also Christchurch Show Day. Canterbury Anniversary applies to the North and Central Canterbury Regions which include Christchurch and Ashburton)
December 2025
Monday 1 December - Westland Anniversary Day in New Zealand (Date for 2025. Holiday is actually the 1st of December but it is observed on the Monday closest to that date. This date can vary outside of Greymouth); Chatham Islands Anniversary Day in New Zealand (Date for 2024. Holiday is actually the 30th of November but it is observed on the Monday closest to that date)
Friday 26 December - Boxing day in Australia (also Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Great Britain, New Zealand, Canada, Kiribati, Nauru, Botswana, Ghana, Jamaica)
January 2026
Friday 2 January - The second day of New Year (a holiday in Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Mauritius, Montenegro, New Zealand, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine. New Year Holiday [Albania, Scotland], if it is a Sunday, the day moves to January 3)
Friday 9 January - National Takai Day on the Niue (Held on the second Friday and Saturday after New Year's Day)
Monday 19 January - Wellington Anniversary Day in New Zealand (Holiday is actually the 22nd of January but it is observed on the Monday closest to that date. Wellington Anniversary applies to the Wellington Province which includes Wellington, Whanganui, Palmerston North, Kapiti, Feilding, Levin and Masterton)
Monday 26 January - Auckland Anniversary Day in New Zealand (Date for 2026. Holiday is actually the 29th of January but it is observed on the Monday closest to that date. Auckland Anniversary applies to the Auckland Province which includes Northland, Auckland, Waikato, King Country, Coromandel, Bay of Plenty and Gisborne, East Coast Regions); Northland Anniversary Day in New Zealand (Date for 2026. It is a public holiday in Northland, where it is a day off for the general population, and schools and most businesses are closed)
February 2026
Monday 2 February - Nelson Anniversary Day in New Zealand (Holiday is actually the 1st of February but it is observed on the Monday closest to that date); Buller Anniversary Day in New Zealand (Celebrated on the first Monday of February)
Friday 6 February - Waitangi Day in New Zealand (Niue, New Zealand, Tokelau; celebrates the founding of New Zealand in 1840)
March 2026
Sunday 1 March - Children's Day in New Zealand (celebrated on the first Sunday in March)
Monday 9 March - Taranaki Anniversary Day in New Zealand (Holiday is actually the 31st of March but it is observed on the second Monday of March. Taranaki Anniversary applies to the Taranaki Region which includes Inglewood, Waitara, Hawera, Stratford, and Eltham)
Monday 23 March - Otago Anniversary Day in New Zealand (Holiday is actually the 23rd of March but it is observed on the Monday closest to that date)
April 2026
Tuesday 7 April - Southland Anniversary Day in New Zealand (Date for 2024. Holiday is actually the 17th of January but it is observed on Easter Tuesday. This was decided in December 2011 by the mayors of Invercargill, Southland, and Gore districts)
Friday 24 April - Kapyong Day (Australia, Canada, New Zealand)
Saturday 25 April - Anzac Day (Australia, New Zealand, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Western Samoa. It commemorates the landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps - ANZAC - on the Gallipoli peninsula in 1915); International Sculpture Day (Held on the last Saturday of April)
May 2026
Sunday 10 May - Mother’s Day (Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bonaire, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Dem. Rep., Congo, Rep., Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Gabon, Gambia, Greenland, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Vietnam, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
Monday 25 May - Gospel Day in Palmerston, Cook Islands (commemorating the arrival of Christianity on this atoll)
June 2026
Monday 1 June - King's Birthday in New Zealand, Cook Islands, Fiji (celebrated on the first Monday in June)
Sunday 7 June - World Naturist Day (Starts on the first Sunday of June in the northern hemisphere and on the first Sunday of December in the southern hemisphere)
Monday 15 June - Mangaia Gospel Day (Cook Islands)
Sunday 21 June - National Volunteer Week in New Zealand (Held from the third Sunday in June)
July 2026
Wednesday 1 July - International Tartan Day (Tartan Day is a celebration of Scottish heritage on 6 April, the date on which the Declaration of Arbroath was signed in 1320. It originated in Canada in the mid-1980s. It spread to other communities of the Scottish diaspora in the 1990s. In Australia the similar International Tartan Day is held on 1 July, the anniversary of the repeal of the 1747 Act of Proscription that banned the wearing of tartan. Tartan Days typically have parades of pipe bands, Highland dancing and other Scottish-themed events)
August 2026
September 2026
Thursday 3 September - Tokehega Day (Tokelau, New Zealand)
Sunday 6 September - Father's Day in Australia (also Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea is celebrated on the first Sunday of September)
Saturday 26 September - Dominion Day (New Zealand)
Monday 28 September - South Canterbury Anniversary Day in New Zealand (on the last monday of September)
October 2026
Monday 5 October - Vet Nurse Awareness Week in New Zealand (Starts on the first Monday in October)
Tuesday 13 October - No Bra Day (On this day women are encouraged to forgo wearing no bra as a means to encourage breast cancer awareness)
Friday 16 October - National Sausage Day in New Zealand (celebrated on the third Friday of October)
Monday 19 October - Niue Constitution Day (in honor of the country's independence, self-governing in free association with New Zealand in 1974)
Friday 23 October - Hawke's Bay Anniversary Day in New Zealand (Holiday is actually the 1st of November but it is observed on the Friday before Labour Day)
Monday 26 October - Labour Day in New Zealand (Celebrated on the fourth Monday in October)
Some holiday traditions in New Zealand
Some of the holidays, like Christmas and New Year, are ’Mondayised’ . Which means that, if the holiday occurs on a weekend then it is transferred to the following Monday or Tuesday. On Good Friday, Easter Sunday, ANZAC Day, and Christmas Day there are special trading restrictions. On those days, generally only dairies, petrol stations, pharmacies, restaurants and cafes, and shops within an airport, train station, and in some very popular tourist towns may open. Even television advertising is totally banned on those days in the country.
Provincial anniversary days celebrate the founding days or landing days of the first colonists of the various colonial provinces. These are only celebrated within each province, not nationwide. The actual observance days can vary within each province and is due to local custom, convenience or the proximity of seasonal events or other holidays and may differ from the official observance day.
There are plenty of local and national New Zealand holidays and festivals throughout the year and the ones listed below are just the tip of the iceberg: Bluff Oyster & Food Festival in May, Queenstown Winter Festival in June, Matariki Festival, Rally New Zealand in August, Gisborne Wine & Food Festival in October, Wellington International Jazz Festival in November, Auckland Marathon in October, Caroline Bay Carnival in December.
Provincial anniversary days celebrate the founding days or landing days of the first colonists of the various colonial provinces. These are only celebrated within each province, not nationwide. The actual observance days can vary within each province and is due to local custom, convenience or the proximity of seasonal events or other holidays and may differ from the official observance day.
There are plenty of local and national New Zealand holidays and festivals throughout the year and the ones listed below are just the tip of the iceberg: Bluff Oyster & Food Festival in May, Queenstown Winter Festival in June, Matariki Festival, Rally New Zealand in August, Gisborne Wine & Food Festival in October, Wellington International Jazz Festival in November, Auckland Marathon in October, Caroline Bay Carnival in December.
All Saints’ Day in Louisiana
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D. Hamilton Jackson Day in U.S. Virgin Islands
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List of commemorative months in November in Ohio
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All Souls’ Day in Guam
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International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
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Citizenship Day in Northern Mariana Islands
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Election Day or Democracy Day
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World Tsunami Awareness Day
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International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
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World Town Planning Day (World Urbanism Day)
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International Day Against Fascism and Antisemitism
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International Guinness World Records Day
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Armed Services, Peace Officer, First Responder, and Dual Service Recognition Day in Ohio
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Barack Obama Day in Perry County, Alabama
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World Science Day for Peace and Development
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Armistice Day in Mississippi (Veterans Day)
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World Pneumonia Day
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World Quality Day
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World Usability Day
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World Diabetes Day
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International Day for Tolerance
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World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
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International Students’ Day
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George Rogers Clark Day in Ohio
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International Men’s Day
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Puerto Rican Culture and Puerto Rico Discovery Day
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World Toilet Day
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Africa Industrialization Day
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Great American Smokeout
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Universal Children’s Day
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World Philosophy Day
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World Fisheries Day
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World Television Day
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Adoption day in Ohio
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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
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Day before Thanksgiving in Virginia (noon)
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Thanksgiving Day
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Day after Thanksgiving or Black Friday (shopping)
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Family Day in Nevada
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Native American Heritage Day in Maryland
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Presidents’ Day in New Mexico (Lincoln’s Birthday)
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Robert E. Lee’s Birthday in Georgia
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International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
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