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Public holidays in New Zealand, 2028

New Zealand has 14 public holidays in 2028. 11 fall on a working day and 3 on a weekend — which is the number that decides how many days off you actually get.

14 of 14 holidays

  • 01 01 New Year's Day Saturday · falls on a weekend
  • 02 01 Day after New Year's Day Sunday · falls on a weekend
  • 03 01 New Year's Day (substitute day) Monday
  • 04 01 Day after New Year's Day (substitute day) Tuesday
  • 06 02 Waitangi Day Sunday · falls on a weekend
  • 07 02 Waitangi Day (substitute day) Monday
  • 14 04 Good Friday Friday
  • 17 04 Easter Monday Monday
  • 25 04 ANZAC Day Tuesday
  • 05 06 King's Birthday Monday
  • 14 07 Matariki Friday
  • 23 10 Labour Day Monday
  • 25 12 Christmas Day Monday
  • 26 12 Boxing Day Tuesday

2028 at a glance

Every day of the year. Filled squares are public holidays; the pale ones are weekends. A holiday touching a weekend is a long one.

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Public holiday · 14 Weekend Bridge day · 1 8 long weekends

Holidays you have, and days off you get

These are the two different questions this page answers. A country can have a long list of public holidays and still give you fewer days away from work than a neighbour with a shorter list, purely because of which weekday they fall on. Only some countries substitute a weekday when a holiday lands on a weekend; where they do not, the holiday simply passes.

Sources and last check

Times, offsets and sun positions on this page are computed live from the IANA timezone database and the NOAA solar algorithm, so they do not depend on the review dates below.

Public holidays for 120 countries, 2025-2028
Source: date-holidays, generated by scripts/build-holidays.mjs. Last checked, reviewed every 12 months.
Not covered:Public holidays only, including statutory substitute days; regional and observance days are excluded. 21 of our countries are not in the dataset and have no calendar. Regenerate on every date-holidays upgrade: the 25 July build silently lacked Korea's substitute days because the installed package predated them.

FAQ

How many public holidays does New Zealand have in 2028?

14, of which 11 fall on a working day and 3 on a weekend.

Why does it matter which fall on a weekend?

Because a holiday on a Saturday is a holiday you do not get. 3 of New Zealand's land on one, and most countries do not move them.

Other years: 2025, 2026, 2027