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23 public holidays
New Zealand has 23 public holiday dates recorded for 2027, of which 11 apply nationwide. 11 of the listed dates are treated as non-working days and reduce the working-day count; 0 of those fall at a weekend. For the effect on working days see New Zealand business days 2027.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Deducted from working days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-01-01 | Friday | New Year's Day | Yes |
| 2027-01-04 | Monday | Day after New Year's Day | Yes |
| 2027-01-25 | Monday | Wellington Anniversary Day | Regional or sector-specific only |
| 2027-02-01 | Monday | Auckland/Northland Anniversary Day | Regional or sector-specific only |
| 2027-02-01 | Monday | Nelson Anniversary Day | Regional or sector-specific only |
| 2027-02-08 | Monday | Waitangi Day | Yes |
| 2027-03-08 | Monday | Taranaki Anniversary Day | Regional or sector-specific only |
| 2027-03-22 | Monday | Otago Anniversary Day | Regional or sector-specific only |
| 2027-03-26 | Friday | Good Friday | Yes |
| 2027-03-29 | Monday | Easter Monday | Yes |
| 2027-03-30 | Tuesday | Southland Anniversary Day | Regional or sector-specific only |
| 2027-04-26 | Monday | Anzac Day | Yes |
| 2027-06-07 | Monday | King's Birthday | Yes |
| 2027-06-25 | Friday | Matariki | Yes |
| 2027-09-27 | Monday | Dominion Day | Regional or sector-specific only |
| 2027-10-22 | Friday | Hawke's Bay Anniversary Day | Regional or sector-specific only |
| 2027-10-25 | Monday | Labour Day | Yes |
| 2027-11-01 | Monday | Marlborough Anniversary Day | Regional or sector-specific only |
| 2027-11-12 | Friday | Canterbury (North & Central) Anniversary Day | Regional or sector-specific only |
| 2027-11-29 | Monday | Chatham Islands Anniversary Day | Regional or sector-specific only |
| 2027-11-29 | Monday | Westland Anniversary Day | Regional or sector-specific only |
| 2027-12-27 | Monday | Christmas Day | Yes |
| 2027-12-28 | Tuesday | Boxing Day | Yes |
The Holidays Act 2003 gives New Zealand eleven national dates (the 2020 addition of Waitangi Anniversary to six working days, plus Matariki from 2022 — the first public holiday recognising te ao Māori, set by the Māori lunar calendar each mid-winter Friday). The Act also hard-codes its Sunday-shift rule with unusual precision: Christmas or Boxing Day at a weekend produce a Monday and/or Tuesday "Mondayisation" that turns late December into a five-day block for most of the workforce.
The distinctive layer is provincial anniversaries: ten centres each close for one locally fixed day commemorating the first provincial settlement (Auckland on 31 July Wellington on the first Monday after 22 January, Canterbury on the Friday before Labour weekend…). In several provinces the anniversary day is actually a three-day weekend — the surrounding Monday or Friday is a de-facto working holiday for the civil sector and schools — and the total spread across the country means a national calendar that says "eleven holidays" is technically accurate and practically useless for anyone operating a supply chain through Canterbury in late September. Labour Day is the second Monday in October, not May, a small inversion that catches Australian and European planners regularly.
Deducted days are national public holidays (the days the dataset records as applying to the whole country). Holidays observed only in part of the country, or only in particular sectors, are listed with “Regional or sector-specific only” and are not deducted from the business-day counts.