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Diwali, 3 November. NZDA National Oral Health Day, first Friday of November. Guy Fawkes Night, 5 November. Premature Awareness Day, 17 November. World day for the Prevention of Abuse and Violence Against Children, 19 November. White Ribbon Day (for the Elimination of Violence against Women), 25 November.
Twelve days a year (from 2022) [1] Public holidays in New Zealand (also known as statutory holidays) consist of a variety of cultural, national, and religious holidays that are legislated in New Zealand. Workers can get a maximum of 12 public holidays (eleven national holidays plus one provincial holiday) and a minimum of 20 annual leave days a ...
Saint Stephen's Day or Second Day of Christmas (26 December) – Holiday observed in many European countries. Boxing Day (26 December or 27 December) – Holiday observed in many Commonwealth countries on the first non-Sunday after Christmas. New Year's Eve (31 December) – Night before New Year's Day.
Major January holidays including New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, and Lunar New Year may come to mind when you think of the first month in 2023. Between January 1st and January 31st, though ...
Crate Day is an unofficial celebration in New Zealand, held on the first Saturday of December every year. [1] Participants set themselves the challenge of finishing a crate of twelve 745ml beer bottles between 12pm until midnight. [2] The total alcohol content of a crate, 300 grams, is close to a lethal dose. [3]
Matariki. Heliacal rising of the Pleiades star cluster ( Māori: Matariki ), signalling the Māori new year. In Māori culture, Matariki is the Pleiades star cluster and a celebration of its first rising in late June or early July. The rising marks the beginning of the new year in the Māori lunar calendar. Historically, Matariki was usually ...
August 3. August 3 is the 215th day of the year (216th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 150 days remain until the end of the year.
Christmas (Māori: Kirihimete [1]) became widely celebrated by Christians in the late 19th century. Today, Christmas Day and Boxing Day are both statutory holidays in New Zealand, and Christmas is celebrated by both Christians and non-Christians. While Boxing Day is a standard statutory holiday, Christmas Day is one of the few days of the year ...