{"id":12344,"date":"2025-01-14T06:17:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T17:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=12344"},"modified":"2025-01-14T06:17:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T17:17:43","slug":"public-holidays-2025-all-the-dates-you-need-to-know-and-how-to-make-the-most-of-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=12344","title":{"rendered":"Public holidays 2025: All the dates you need to know (and how to make the most of them)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back at work and already looking ahead to your next break?<\/p>\n<p>Here are the key dates to be aware of for 2025 &#8211; and how you can use the least amount of annual leave for the longest stretch of time off across the year.<\/p>\n<h3>Waitangi Day 2025<\/h3>\n<p>Waitangi Day falls on a Thursday, so by using one annual leave day on Friday 7 February, you&#8217;ll get a four-day weekend.<\/p>\n<h3>Easter weekend and Anzac Day 2025<\/h3>\n<p>These fall in the same week this year so, by booking annual leave for 14-17 and 22-24 April, you&#8217;ll use seven days of annual leave, but get 16 days off work.<\/p>\n<h3>Matariki 2025<\/h3>\n<p>Take four days of annual leave 16-19 June and you&#8217;ll have nine days out of the office.<\/p>\n<h3>Christmas and New Year 2025\/26<\/h3>\n<p>Already thinking ahead to next summer? Christmas Day and Boxing Day, as well as the New Year&#8217;s statutory holidays fall on a Thursday and Friday in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Use those stat days, along with six days of annual leave, to take off 22, 23 and 24 December, along with 29, 30 and 31 December to get a 16-day stretch of time off work.<\/p>\n<h3>When are the public and anniversary holidays in 2025?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>New Year&#8217;s Day &#8211; 1 January<\/li>\n<li>Day after New Year&#8217;s Day &#8211; 2 January<\/li>\n<li>Wellington Anniversary &#8211; 20 January<\/li>\n<li>Auckland Anniversary &#8211; 27 January<\/li>\n<li>Nelson Anniversary &#8211; 3 February<\/li>\n<li>Waitangi Day &#8211; 6 February<\/li>\n<li>Taranaki Anniversary &#8211; 10 March<\/li>\n<li>Otago Anniversary &#8211; 24 March<\/li>\n<li>Good Friday &#8211; 18 April<\/li>\n<li>Easter Monday &#8211; 21 April<\/li>\n<li>Southland Anniversary &#8211; 22 April<\/li>\n<li>Anzac Day &#8211; 25 April<\/li>\n<li>King&#8217;s Birthday &#8211; 2 June<\/li>\n<li>Matariki &#8211; 20 June<\/li>\n<li>South Canterbury Anniversary &#8211; 22 September<\/li>\n<li>Hawke&#8217;s Bay Anniversary &#8211; 24 October<\/li>\n<li>Labour Day &#8211; 27 October<\/li>\n<li>Marlborough Anniversary &#8211; 3 November<\/li>\n<li>Canterbury Anniversary &#8211; 14 November<\/li>\n<li>Chatham Islands Anniversary and Westland Anniversary &#8211; 1 December<\/li>\n<li>Christmas Day &#8211; 25 December<\/li>\n<li>Boxing Day &#8211; 26 December<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What about school terms?<\/h3>\n<p>While exact start dates for individual schools differ, Term 1 starts between Monday 27 January and Friday 7 February (at the latest).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Term 1: 11 weeks long, with the last day being 11 April.<\/li>\n<li>Term 2: Nine weeks. Begins 28 April and ends 27 June, and includes two public holidays; King&#8217;s Birthday on Monday, 2 June and Matariki on Friday 20 June.<\/li>\n<li>Term 3: 10 weeks. Begins 14 July and ends 19 September. There are no public holidays in Term 3.<\/li>\n<li>Term 4: Begins 6 October and ends 19 December, and includes the Labour Day public holiday on October 27.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>When are the term one school holidays?<\/h3>\n<p>The first lot of school holidays run from 12 April to 27 April and include Easter and Anzac Day.<\/p>\n<p>rnz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back at work and already looking ahead to your next break? Here are the key dates to be aware of for 2025 &#8211; and how you can use the least amount of annual leave for the longest stretch of time off across the year. 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