Fiscal Dates

New Zealand fiscal year

11 national public holidays in 2026 · Fiscal year starts July 1 · Ends June 30

Fiscal year: July 1 to June 30

This section names more than one convention; the fiscal-year pages below follow the government year it states.

From Wikipedia

In New Zealand, the government's fiscal and financial reporting year is 1 July to the next 30 June and applies also to the budget. The company and personal financial year is 1 April to 31 March and applies to company and personal income tax.

Other conventions named in the section

The company and personal financial year is 1 April to 31 March and applies to company and personal income tax.

Fiscal years

National public holidays 2026

DateEnglish nameLocal name
January 1, 2026New Year's DayNew Year's Day
January 2, 2026Day after New Year's DayDay after New Year's Day
February 6, 2026Waitangi DayWaitangi Day
April 3, 2026Good FridayGood Friday
April 6, 2026Easter MondayEaster Monday
April 27, 2026Anzac DayAnzac Day
June 1, 2026King's BirthdayKing's Birthday
July 10, 2026MatarikiMatariki
October 26, 2026Labour DayLabour Day
December 25, 2026Christmas DayChristmas Day
December 28, 2026Boxing DayBoxing Day

Regional holidays

These rows apply only in the regions listed; they are not national public holidays.

DateNameRegions (ISO 3166-2)
January 19, 2026Wellington Anniversary DayNZ-WGN, NZ-MWT
January 26, 2026Auckland Anniversary DayNZ-AUK, NZ-NTL, NZ-WKO, NZ-GIS, NZ-BOP
February 2, 2026Nelson Anniversary DayNZ-NSN
March 9, 2026Taranaki Anniversary DayNZ-TKI
March 23, 2026Otago Anniversary DayNZ-OTA
April 7, 2026Southland Anniversary DayNZ-STL
September 28, 2026Canterbury (South) Anniversary DayNZ-CAN
October 23, 2026Hawke's Bay Anniversary DayNZ-HKB
November 2, 2026Marlborough Anniversary DayNZ-MBH
November 13, 2026Canterbury Anniversary DayNZ-CAN
November 30, 2026Chatham Islands Anniversary DayNZ-CIT
November 30, 2026Westland Anniversary DayNZ-WTC

Source: Wikipedia, “Fiscal year”, section “New Zealand”, revision 1374177130 — Wikipedia, 'Fiscal year', fetched October 2026. Text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Source: Nager.Date public holidays API — record: nager_holidays.json — new-zealand, 2023–2027, fetched October 2026. Licence: Nager.Date data, MIT-licensed open source project (github.com/nager/Nager.Date); credit the source on every page that uses it.