Public holiday dates are the observed date when employees get the holiday. These public holidays are observed to be celebrated on the actual day when they fall on a weekday. If these holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday than employee would normally have worked on the Saturday or Sunday, the public holiday is observed to be celebrated on the Saturday or Sunday. If the employee would not usually have worked on the Saturday or Sunday, the public holiday is observed to be celebrated on the following Monday. Some of the Public Holidays 2025 NZ are.
- New Year’s Day – Wed, Jan 1, 2025: New Zealand is one of the first countries who celebrate the New Year, on the 1st January. Often the arrival of the New Year, this beautiful day is highly celebrated with firework displays. Another New Year tradition is to plan “resolutions” for the upcoming year.
- Waitangi Day and ANZAC Day: The public holidays for ANZAC Day and Waitangi Day are “Mondayised” that are moved to the following Monday if they basically fall on a Saturday or Sunday and the employee would not usually have worked on that Saturday/Sunday.
- Wellington Anniversary Day – Wed, Jan 22, 2025: This day isn’t celebrated all over the world on the same day. It is observed on the Monday that is closest to January 22 and used honors the coming of the first European settlers to the Wellington.
- Taranaki Anniversary Day – Mon, Mar 10, 2025: This day is the public holiday in the Taranaki region of the New Zealand. It is widely celebrated on the 2nd Monday of the March every year.
- Otago Anniversary Day – Sun, Mar 23, 2025: It is the Public Holidays 2025 NZ that is celebrated annually on the Monday closest to 23rd March. This day is celebrated to honors the settlers’ arrival in the New Zealand on 23rd March in 1848.
- Good Friday – Fri, Apr 18, 2025: Only Good Friday as well as Easter Monday are the Public Holidays 2025 NZ. Easter Sunday is not the public holiday in New Zealand, and shops can choose to open them if their local council permits them. Good Friday is a Christian holiday celebrated to honor the crucifixion of Jesus as well as his death at Calvary.
- Easter: Easter dates are usually confirmed by the Catholic Church.
- Labour Day: This non-labouring holiday is observed on the 4th Monday in October so you'll always find it on a Monday.
- Christmas Day and Boxing Day: These holidays didn’t require any introduction and you'll find they basically they follow exactly the same rules as New Year's Day as well s the Day after New Year's Day.
- King's Birthday (previously Queen's Birthday): Well, this is day is not the King's birthday but people have the day off anyway. King's Birthday holiday is observed the 1st Monday in June.
- Shop Opening Days: Mostly shops are needed to be closed in Public Holidays 2025 Auckland that is Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Christmas Day and in the morning of Anzac Day.
You’re not going to like this ad, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t watch it.
In its newest gut-punch of a PSA, New Zealand anti-smoking initiative Quitline reminds us that humans aren’t the only ones who suffer from exposure to cigarettes.
While one would hope that knowing the damage you’re doing to yourself and your family would be enough to break an addiction, the reality is that these points have been hammered by health advocates for decades.
The reality of smoking cessation is that different messages work on different people, which is how you end up with angles like this one.
The spot shows a blue-collar Kiwi’s bond with his loyal dog, with most of the 2-minute story told from the dog’s point of view.
That perspective makes the largely predictable and tragically unavoidable turn of events all the more potent, as it contrasts the owner’s love with the harm he’s doing to his “best mate.”
