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New Zealand celebrates Waitangi Day on 6 February; the summer holidays in New Zealand may or may not extend as far as that day, depending on the year. [27] [28] Mid Term breaks: In Australia, there is typically a break of two weeks mid-semester (i.e. after Term 1 and after Term 3) and a break of three weeks in the middle of the year.
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 year.
Easter Tuesday is not a public holiday in New Zealand, but in the public education sector it is a mandatory holiday. [3] Easter Tuesday was a public holiday in Australia and New Zealand in 2000 by happenstance as it coincided with ANZAC Day, and in 2011 as a substitute holiday as Easter Monday and ANZAC Day coincided. [4]
Regal and vice-regal Head of State – Elizabeth II until 8 September, then Charles III Governor-General – Cindy Kiro Elizabeth II Charles III Cindy Kiro Government Legislature term: 53rd New Zealand Parliament The Sixth Labour Government, elected in 2020, continues. Speaker of the House – Trevor Mallard until 24 August, then Adrian Rurawhe Prime Minister – Jacinda Ardern Deputy Prime ...
NZ Volunteering Week 19–25 June 2016 [15] Kiribati Language Week, 9–15 July [14] Cook Islands Language Week, 30 July–5 August [14] Rail Safety Week, August; New Zealand Islam Awareness, from 2 August; New Zealand Fashion Week 29 August – 2 September [16] Tongan language Week, 3–9 September [14] Child Safeguarding Week 2–8 September 2024
These are not always whole weeks. In Wallonia and French-speaking education, the summer holidays start in the second week of July, and lessons are also resumed in the last week of August. The school holidays in French-speaking education have been reformed from the 2022–2023 school year, in Flanders the two-month summer holiday will be maintained.
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Following the abolition of the provinces in November 1876, New Zealand established a free, compulsory, and secular national state education system from 1 January 1878, largely modelled on the Canterbury system. [18] Victorian ideals had an influence on New Zealand education and schools even if open to both genders would often separate boys and ...