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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.
3.13 Holidays and observances. ... The following lists events that happened during 2011 in New Zealand. ... 2011 was the third and last full year of the 49th ...
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The Holidays Act 2003 is an Act of Parliament in New Zealand that regulates public holidays. It was amended by the Holidays (Transfer of Public Holidays) Amendment Act 2008 and the Holidays Amendment Act 2010. This page includes those changes. [1]
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; Te Wiki o te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week), in the week which includes 14 September. New Zealand Conservation Week, 10–18 September [17]
The following table is a list of countries by number of public holidays excluding non-regular special holidays. Nepal and India have the highest number of public holidays in the world with 35 annually. Also, Nepal has 6 day working schedule in a week.
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.
New Zealand also has 11 annual public holidays and an employee is entitled to these days off work on pay, if they are days when the employee would normally work. [18] Where an employee does work a public holiday, the employee must be paid at least time-and-a-half for the time worked and is also entitled to an alternative paid holiday.