National holidays of New Zealand in 2018

This page contains a calendar of all 2018 public holidays for New Zealand. These dates may be modified as official changes are announced, so please check back regularly for updates. Scroll down to view the national list or choose your state’s calendar.

Day	Date	Holiday	Notes
Monday	Jan. 1, 2018	New Year's Day
Monday	Jan. 1, 2018	New Year's Day
Tuesday	Jan. 2, 2018	Day after New Years Day
Tuesday	Jan. 2, 2018	Day after New Year's Day
Monday	Jan. 22, 2018	Wellington Anniversary Day	Monday closest to 22 January
Monday	Jan. 29, 2018	Northland Anniversary Day
Monday	Jan. 29, 2018	Auckland Anniversary Day	Monday nearest to January 29 (Auckland Anniversary Day)
Monday	Jan. 29, 2018	Nelson Anniversary Day	Monday nearest to February 1
Tuesday	Feb. 6, 2018	Waitangi Day	National Day
Wednesday	Feb. 14, 2018	Valentine's Day
Monday	March 12, 2018	Taranaki Anniversary Day	Second Monday in March
Wednesday	March 21, 2018	March Equinox
Monday	March 26, 2018	Otago Anniversary Day	Monday nearest to the actual day
Friday	March 30, 2018	Good Friday
Friday	March 30, 2018	Good Friday	The Friday before Easter Sunday
Saturday	March 31, 2018	Holy Saturday
Sunday	April 1, 2018	April Fools
Sunday	April 1, 2018	Easter Sunday
Monday	April 2, 2018	Easter Monday
Monday	April 2, 2018	Easter Monday	Monday after Easter Sunday
Tuesday	April 3, 2018	Southland Anniversary Day	Observed on Easter Tuesday
Wednesday	April 25, 2018	Anzac Day
Wednesday	April 25, 2018	ANZAC Day
Sunday	May 13, 2018	Mother's Day	2nd Sunday in May. Not a public holiday
Sunday	May 13, 2018	Mother's Day
Monday	June 4, 2018	Queen's Birthday
Monday	June 4, 2018	Queen's Birthday	The first Monday in June
Thursday	June 21, 2018	June Solstice
Sunday	Sept. 2, 2018	Father's Day
Sunday	Sept. 2, 2018	Father's Day	1st Sunday in September. Not a public holiday
Sunday	Sept. 23, 2018	September Equinox
Monday	Sept. 24, 2018	South Canterbury Anniversary Day
Monday	Sept. 24, 2018	South Canterbury Day	Fourth Monday in September
Friday	Oct. 19, 2018	Hawke's Bay Anniversary Day
Friday	Oct. 19, 2018	Hawke's Bay Anniversary Day	Friday before Labour Day
Monday	Oct. 22, 2018	Labour Day
Monday	Oct. 22, 2018	Labour Day	The fourth Monday in October
Monday	Oct. 29, 2018	Marlborough Anniversary Day	First Monday after Labour Day
Wednesday	Oct. 31, 2018	Halloween
Monday	Nov. 5, 2018	Guy Fawkes Night
Wednesday	Nov. 7, 2018	Diwali/Deepavali
Friday	Nov. 16, 2018	Christchurch Show Day	Northern and Central Canterbury. Second Friday after the first Tuesday in November
Friday	Nov. 16, 2018	Canterbury Anniversary Day
Monday	Dec. 3, 2018	Chatham Islands Anniversary Day	Monday nearest to November 30
Monday	Dec. 3, 2018	Westland Anniversary Day	Monday nearest to December 1 (Greymouth)
Saturday	Dec. 22, 2018	December Solstice
Monday	Dec. 24, 2018	Christmas Eve
Tuesday	Dec. 25, 2018	Christmas Day
Tuesday	Dec. 25, 2018	Christmas Day
Wednesday	Dec. 26, 2018	Boxing Day
Monday	Dec. 31, 2018	New Year's Eve

Public Holidays

New Zealand public holidays by years
Public holidays in other countries