2026 Holiday Calendar

New Year's Day		Thu 1
Solemnity of Mary		Thu 1
Day after New Year's Day		Fri 2
World Braille Day		Sun 4
Epiphany		Tue 6
Wellington Anniversary Day		Mon 19
International Day of Education		Sat 24
Auckland Anniversary Day		Mon 26
Australia Day		Mon 26

Nelson Anniversary		Mon 2
World Wetlands Day		Mon 2
Today
Waitangi Day		Fri 6
Int'l. Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation		Fri 6
World Pulses Day		Tue 10
Int'l. Day of Women and Girls in Science		Wed 11
International Condom Day		Fri 13
World Radio Day		Fri 13
Valentine's Day		Sat 14
Mardi Gras		Tue 17
Chinese New Year		Tue 17
Random Acts of Kindness Day		Tue 17
Ash Wednesday		Wed 18
World Day of Social Justice		Fri 20
International Mother Language Day		Sat 21

Beginning of Autumn		Sun 1
World Wildlife Day		Tue 3
International Women's Day		Sun 8
Taranaki Anniversary		Mon 9
Saint Patrick's Day		Tue 17
Autumn Equinox		Fri 20
French Language Day		Fri 20
International Day of happiness		Fri 20
Int'l. Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination		Sat 21
International Day of Forests		Sat 21
International Day of Nowruz		Sat 21
World Down Syndrome Day		Sat 21
World Poetry Day		Sat 21
World Water Day		Sun 22
Otago Anniversary		Mon 23
World Meteorological Day		Mon 23
Int'l. Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims		Tue 24
Int'l. Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade		Wed 25
Int'l. Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members		Wed 25
Int'l. Transgender Day of Visibility		Tue 31

February 2026 Holidays - New Zealand:ℹ