Dates of Significance
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Fi McKay,
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- New Year’s Day – 1st of January
- Waitangi Day – 6th of February1
- Valentine’s Day – 14th of February
- Easter – Varies each year
- ANZAC Day – 25th of April
- Mother’s Day – 8th of May
- Queen’s Birthday – 6th of June
- Matariki – Varies each year 2
- Father’s Day – 4th of September
- Labour Day – 24th of October
- Christmas Day – 25th of December
- New Year’s Eve – 31st of December
1 This day commemorates the signing of the treaty between the British Crown and many Māori chiefs at Waitangi on 6th February, 1840.
2 Matariki is the Māori name for the Pleiades star constellation that rises in New Zealand mid-winter (sometime between June-July). It marks the beginning of the new year in the Māori lunar calendar and is an important date and celebration.