Dates of Significance
- New Year’s Day (1st of January)
- Waitangi Day (6th of February)
- Valentine’s Day (14th of February)
- Easter (Varies each year)
- ANZAC Day (25th of April)
- Mother’s Day (8th of May)
- Queen’s Birthday (6th of June)
- Matariki (varies each year)*
- Father’s Day (4th of September)
- Labour Day (24th of October)
- Christmas Day (25th of December)
- New Year’s Eve (31st of December)
* Matariki is the Māori name for the Pleiades star constellation that rises in New Zealand’s mid-winter (sometime between June-July). It marks the beginning of the new year in the Māori lunar calendar and is an important cultural date and celebration.
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