Chatham Islands Territory, New Zealand

Accurate, up-to-date public holidays, bank holidays, and observances in Chatham Islands Territory, New Zealand for 2026 ready to be integrated into your application.

The remote island of New Zealand is located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Its territory consists of 2 main islands and approximately 600 smaller islands and is known for its Alps and volcanoes. This isolated region was one of the last areas to be settled by humans, sometime in 1300 AD. New Zealand was discovered by Dutch explorers in 1642. In 1840 the United Kingdom claimed the islands, and became a country on May 7, 1856. In 1947, New Zealand declared independence from England.

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Date Weekday Name Notes
January 1st Thursday New Year's Day
January 2nd Friday Second Day of the New Year Long weekend.
February 6th Friday Waitangi Day Long weekend.
March 20th Friday March Equinox Long weekend.
April 3rd Friday Good Friday Long weekend.
April 5th Sunday Easter
April 6th Monday Easter Monday Long weekend.
April 25th Saturday Anzac Day
April 27th Monday Anzac Day (Observed) Long weekend.
May 10th Sunday Mother's Day
June 1st Monday King's Birthday Long weekend.
June 21st Sunday June Solstice
July 10th Friday Matariki Long weekend.
September 6th Sunday Father's Day
September 23rd Wednesday September Equinox
October 26th Monday Labor Day Long weekend.
November 30th Monday Chatham Islands Anniversary Day Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
December 21st Monday December Solstice Long weekend.
December 24th Thursday Christmas Eve
December 25th Friday Christmas Day Long weekend.
December 26th Saturday Boxing Day
December 28th Monday Boxing Day (Observed) Long weekend.
December 31st Thursday New Year's Eve
Public holidays (national, legal, government, civic, etc) are denoted in bold.
Holiday data for far-reaching years is subject to change due to laws and government decrees.
Long weekends are based on non-working days and not Saturday and Sunday explicitly.

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To retrieve this list of holidays, simply make a GET request to /v1/holidays:
GET /v1/holidays
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$ curl -G -d country="NZ-CIT" -d year="2026" -d pretty
-d key="__YOUR_API_KEY__"
"https://holidayapi.com/v1/holidays"
import "github.com/joshtronic/go-holidayapi"
hapi := holidayapi.NewV1("__YOUR_API_KEY__")
holidays, err := hapi.Holidays(map[string]interface{}{
  "country": "NZ-CIT",
  "year": "2026",
})
import { HolidayAPI } from 'holidayapi';
const key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
const holidayApi = new HolidayAPI({ key });
holidayApi.holidays({
  country: 'NZ-CIT',
  year: '2026',
});
$key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__';
$holiday_api = new \HolidayAPI\Client(['key' => $key]);
$holidays = $holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'NZ-CIT',
  'year' => '2026',
]);
$Body = @{}
$Body.key = "__YOUR_API_KEY__"
$Body.country = "NZ-CIT"
$Body.year = "2026"
$Result = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $Url -Body $Body
$Result.holidays
import holidayapi
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = holidayapi.v1(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'NZ-CIT',
  'year': '2026',
})
require 'ruby-holidayapi'
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = HolidayAPI::V1.new(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'NZ-CIT',
  'year': '2026',
})