Social media calendar for New Zealand
New Zealand has 13 public holidays in 2026 and 16 in 2027, plus bank holidays and observances. This social media calendar for New Zealand lists every date for both years, computed from the open date-holidays rules, so you can plan posts ahead of each one.
What are the holidays in New Zealand in 2026?
- New Year's Day
- Day after New Year's Day
- Waitangi Day
- Good Friday
- Easter Sunday
- Easter Monday
- ANZAC Day
- ANZAC Day (substitute day)
- King's Birthday
- Matariki
- Labour Day
- Christmas Day
- Boxing Day
- Boxing Day (substitute day)
What are the holidays in New Zealand in 2027?
- New Year's Day
- Day after New Year's Day
- Day after New Year's Day (substitute day)
- Waitangi Day
- Waitangi Day (substitute day)
- Good Friday
- Easter Sunday
- Easter Monday
- ANZAC Day
- ANZAC Day (substitute day)
- King's Birthday
- Matariki
- Labour Day
- Christmas Day
- Boxing Day
- Christmas Day (substitute day)
- Boxing Day (substitute day)
How do you plan social posts around holidays in New Zealand?
Pick the dates your audience in New Zealand keeps, have the posts ready a week ahead, and post earlier in the week before a public holiday, when people are still online. In SkedCast, import a month of holiday posts at once and see them on the content calendar beside your other networks. The social media holiday calendar covers every country this calendar tracks, the 2027 calendar lists the whole year with the international social media days, and the monthly social media planner turns any date into a scheduled post.
New Zealand social media calendar FAQ
- How many public holidays does New Zealand have?
- 13 in 2026 and 16 in 2027, with 14 and 17 dates in all once bank holidays and observances are counted.
- Where does this holiday data come from?
- From date-holidays, an open-source holiday-rules library (CC-BY-3.0), the same library SkedCast’s own in-app content calendar uses, not a hand-typed list.
- Are moon-sighting holidays (like Eid) confirmed exact dates?
- No. Holidays set by moon sighting can land a day early or late, so treat those dates as expected, not confirmed, the same way a phone calendar does.
- What is the difference between a public holiday and an observance?
- A public holiday is usually a day off by law; an observance is a recognised day, such as Valentine’s Day, that is not a day off. Both are useful for posts, but only one changes when your audience is online.
Sources
Every date on this page is computed from (holiday data © date-holidays contributors, CC-BY-3.0):
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