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Public holidays in New Zealand in 2024 are as follows: [446] 1 January – New Year's Day; 2 January – Day after New Year's Day; 6 February – Waitangi Day; 29 March – Good Friday; 1 April – Easter Monday; 25 April – Anzac Day; 3 June – King's Birthday; 28 June – Matariki; 28 October – Labour Day; 25 December – Christmas Day ...
On 2 July 2021, the day the constellation rose, Ardern announced the proposed dates of the holiday for the next 30 years, as determined by a Matariki Advisory Group drawn from iwi across the country. [1] The date of the holiday was formalised as the Friday closest to the 4 days of the nights of Tangaroa in the lunar month Piripi. [13]
Labour won the election, and in February 2021 Ardern announced that Matariki would become an annual public holiday with a variable date (June or July). [11] The Matariki Public Holiday Bill received royal assent on 11 April 2022. [12] The first Matariki public holiday was observed on 24 June 2022. [13]
Here's what you you need to know about important dates in 2024: Leap day in February. This year, expect a Feb. 29 and move all the holidays in your mental calendar back a day because it's a leap year.
There were proposals, with some political support, mainly affiliated with Labour, [39] [40] [41] to replace the holiday with Matariki (Māori New Year) as an official holiday. In 2022, the Te Kāhui o Matariki Public Holiday Act declared Matariki as an official holiday separate from the Queen's Birthday, [ 42 ] making said proposals obsolete.
From Veterans Day to Christmas, here are the dates of the 2024 federal holidays. New Year’s Day: Monday, January 1. Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Monday, January 15.
On 30 April 2024, a unanimous decision was made by the Council of Ministers in session with President Moetai Brotherson to abolish Internal Autonomy Day and replace it with Matariʻi, a public holiday in native observance of the Pleiades on November 20th inspired by the success of similar Matariki celebrations in New Zealand, the act would be implemented officially on 2025.
The day after Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 election, several MAGA faithful took to social media to encourage “friends” to relocate to another part of the world.