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2008: New Zealand

National Holiday in New Zealand in 2008

Statutory holidays

These holidays are legislated by several Acts of Parliament, particularly the Holidays Act 2003.

2008 Date	Holiday	Comments
January 1	New Year's Day
January 2	Day after New Year's Day
February 6	Waitangi Day	always commemorated on the exact date
March 21	Good Friday	The Friday before Easter Sunday
March 24	Easter Monday	The day after Easter Sunday
April 25	ANZAC Day	always commemorated on the exact date
May 11	Mother's Day	2nd Sunday in May. not a public holiday
June 2	Queen's Birthday	The first Monday in June
September 7	Father's Day	1st Sunday in September. Not a holiday
October 27	Labour Day	The fourth Monday in October
December 25	Christmas Day
December 26	Boxing Day

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Provincial anniversary days

2008 Date	Provincial District	Comments
January 17	Southland	Varies - determined by local custom and tourist season.
January 22	Wellington Province	Monday nearest to the actual day
January 29	Auckland Province	Monday nearest to the actual day (Auckland Anniversary Day)
January 29	Northland	Monday nearest to the actual day
February 1	Nelson	Monday nearest to the actual day
March 23	Otago Province	Monday nearest to the actual day
March 31	Taranaki (New Plymouth)	Second Monday in March - to avoid Easter
September 25	South Canterbury	Fourth Monday in September - Dominion Day
November 1	Hawke's Bay	Friday before Labour Day
November 1	Marlborough	First Monday after Labour Day
November 30	Chatham Islands	Monday nearest to the actual day
December 1	Westland	Monday nearest to the actual day (Greymouth) Varies (outside Greymouth)
November 16	Canterbury	Christchurch Show Day (Northern and Central Canterbury) Second Friday after the first Tuesday in November (Christchurch City) - To coincide with the Agricultural and Pastoral Show.

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