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Public holidays in New Zealand in 2025 are as follows: [12] 1 January – New Year's Day; 2 January – Day after New Year's Day; 6 February – Waitangi Day; 18 April – Good Friday; 21 April – Easter Monday; 25 April – Anzac Day; 2 June – King's Birthday; 20 June – Matariki; 27 October – Labour Day; 25 December – Christmas Day ...
Waitangi Day (Māori: Te Rā o Waitangi), the national day of New Zealand, marks the anniversary of the initial signing—on 6 February 1840—of the Treaty of Waitangi.The Treaty of Waitangi was an agreement towards British sovereignty by representatives of the Crown and indigenous Māori chiefs, and so is regarded by many as the founding document of the nation.
Waitangi Day: No The Friday before Easter Sunday: Good Friday: Yes The day after Easter Sunday: Easter Monday: No 25 April [a] Anzac Day: Yes (until 1 pm) The first Monday in June King's Birthday: No The closest Friday to the Tangaroa Lunar calendar period of the correct lunar calendar month. [14] Matariki: No The fourth Monday in October ...
Here are the dates of 2025 federal holidays, according to the Office of Personnel Management: Wednesday, Jan. 1: New Year’s Day Monday, Jan. 20: Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Happy 2025! In some parts of the world, anyway. The Pacific island nation of Kiribati was the first country to ring in 2025, with its 133,500 citizens celebrating the new year at 5 a.m. ET on Tuesday.
Protest has long been part of Waitangi celebrations and in 1995 official events had to be cancelled due to anger over government policies. In 2016, a minister was struck in the face by a dildo ...
The anniversary of the signing of the treaty – 6 February – is the New Zealand national day, Waitangi Day. The day was first commemorated in 1934, [198] when the site of the original signing, Treaty House, was made a public reserve (along with its grounds). [69] However, it was not until 1974 that the date was made a public holiday.
Participants hit a huge bell to welcome the 2025 New Year's Day during celebrations post-midnight at the Bosingak pavilion in central Seoul on Jan. 1, 2025. Hong Kong