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Public holidays in New Zealand in 2025 are as follows: [104] 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.
This is a project page for Waitangi Day 2025 at Ōnuku Marae, Akaroa Harbour (the usual Okains Bay celebration is just a family fun day instead). From the Ngāi Tahu news page: "Every year Ngāi Tahu commemorates Waitangi Day at one of three locations where iwi tīpuna signed Te Tiriti o Waitangi – Ōnuku, Awarua and Ōtākou.
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.
The day of celebration - which marks the day of Saint Patrick’s death - was originally a religious holiday meant to celebrate the arrival of Christianity in Ireland, and made official by the ...
Just because 2024's Dragon year was also a Wood year doesn't mean it'll be the same as 2025's Wood Snake year. Yin and Yang years differ depending on the animal they match up with annually.
In India (and Nepal), a death anniversary is known as shraadh (Shraaddha "श्राद्ध" in Nepali). The first death anniversary is called a barsy, from the word baras, meaning year in Hindi. Shraadh [1] means to give with devotion or to offer one's respect. Shraadh is a ritual for expressing one's respectful feelings for the ancestors ...
Just like that, 2025's inauguration day is upon us. On January 20, 2025, the US begins its second Trump presidency. What do the stars have to say about this significant moment in American history?