To assist you with understanding peak New Zealand holiday periods, the following table sets out important New Zealand holidays:
PRIMARY AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS
Term 1 - Tuesday 27 Jan and Thursday Feb 5 - Thursday 9 April (90 - 104 half-days)
Term 2 - Monday 27 April - Friday 3 July (98 half-days)
Term 3 - Monday 20 July - Friday 25 September (100 half-days)
Term 4 - Monday 12 October - no later than Friday 18 December (98 half-days) *
* Or to a day in December which ensures that the school has been open for instruction for 386 half-days in 2009.
SECONDARY AND COMPOSITE SCHOOLS
Term 1 - Tuesday 27 Jan and Thursday Feb 5 - Thursday 9 April (90 - 104 half-days)
Term 2 - Monday 27 April - Friday 3 July (98 half-days)
Term 3 - Monday 20 July - Friday 25 September (100 half-days)
Term 4 - Monday 12 October - Tuesday 15 December (92 half-days) *
* Or to a day in December which ensures that the school has been open for instruction for 380 half-days in 2009.
2009 Holidays
Schools must be closed in 2009 on Saturdays and Sundays and on the following holidays:
New Years Day 1 January
Day after New Years Day 2 January
Waitangi Day Friday 6 February
Good Friday 10 April
Easter Monday 13 April
Day after Easter Monday 14 April
Anzac Day Saturday 25 April
Queen's Birthday Monday 1 June
Labour Day Monday 26 October
Christmas Day 25 December
Boxing Day 26 December
and the relevant Anniversary Day Holiday as listed below:
Auckland - Monday 26 January
PRIMARY AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS
Term 1 - Tuesday 27 Jan and Thursday Feb 5 - Thursday 9 April (90 - 104 half-days)
Term 2 - Monday 27 April - Friday 3 July (98 half-days)
Term 3 - Monday 20 July - Friday 25 September (100 half-days)
Term 4 - Monday 12 October - no later than Friday 18 December (98 half-days) *
* Or to a day in December which ensures that the school has been open for instruction for 386 half-days in 2009.
SECONDARY AND COMPOSITE SCHOOLS
Term 1 - Tuesday 27 Jan and Thursday Feb 5 - Thursday 9 April (90 - 104 half-days)
Term 2 - Monday 27 April - Friday 3 July (98 half-days)
Term 3 - Monday 20 July - Friday 25 September (100 half-days)
Term 4 - Monday 12 October - Tuesday 15 December (92 half-days) *
* Or to a day in December which ensures that the school has been open for instruction for 380 half-days in 2009.
2009 Holidays
Schools must be closed in 2009 on Saturdays and Sundays and on the following holidays:
New Years Day 1 January
Day after New Years Day 2 January
Waitangi Day Friday 6 February
Good Friday 10 April
Easter Monday 13 April
Day after Easter Monday 14 April
Anzac Day Saturday 25 April
Queen's Birthday Monday 1 June
Labour Day Monday 26 October
Christmas Day 25 December
Boxing Day 26 December
and the relevant Anniversary Day Holiday as listed below:
Auckland - Monday 26 January