Auckland Anniversary Day in New Zealand
Auckland Anniversary Day in New Zealand is held on January 26. 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. This event in the third decade of the month January is annual. 
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Auckland, known as Tamaki Makau Rau, meaning 'isthmus of one thousand lovers', was originally a Māori settlement. After purchasing the land from the Māori, European settlers began to arrive and colonise the land. In 1840 the Treaty of Waitangi was signed and Auckland was named the capital city of New Zealand.
You can walk from the Pacific Ocean to the Tasman Sea in four hours.
Auckland is home to the world's largest Polynesian population. Auckland's second name is the City Of Sails. This harbourside location is known as the "City of Sails" because of the great number of yachts that sail in the harbours and the adjoining Hauraki Gulf. Auckland is home to over 50 volcanoes.
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Wellington Anniversary Day in New Zealand on January 19 (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);
Northland Anniversary Day in New Zealand on January 26 (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);
Nelson Anniversary Day in New Zealand on February 2 (Holiday is actually the 1st of February but it is observed on the Monday closest to that date);
Buller Anniversary Day in New Zealand on February 2 (Celebrated on the first Monday of February);
Waitangi Day in New Zealand on February 6 (Niue, New Zealand, Tokelau; celebrates the founding of New Zealand in 1840);
World Singles Day on February 13
Children's Day in New Zealand on March 1 (celebrated on the first Sunday in March)
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