NZ public holiday dates 2001-2002

While these lists have been compiled from the information provided, in good faith, we can give no guarantees of accuracy.

	Actual Date	2001	2002
New Years Day	1 January	Monday 1 January	Tuesday 1 January
Day after New Years Day	2 January	Tuesday 2 January	Wednesday 2 January
Waitangi Day	6 February	Tuesday 6 February	Wednesday 6 February
Good Friday	varies	Friday 13 April	Friday 29 March
Easter Monday	varies	Monday 16 April	Monday 1 April
ANZAC Day	25 April	Wednesday 25 April	Thursday 25 April
Queen's Birthday	1st Monday in June	Monday 4 June	Monday 3 June
Labour Day	4th Monday in October	Monday 22 October	Monday 28 October
Christmas Day	25 December	Tuesday 25 December	Wednesday 25 December
Boxing Day	26 December	Wednesday 26 December	Thursday 26 December

and the Anniversary Day of the Province in which an employee works, observed as follows:

Province	Actual Date	2001	2002
Auckland	29 January	Monday 29 January	Monday 28 January
Taranaki	31 March	Monday 12 March	Monday 11 March
Hawkes' Bay	1 November	Friday 19 October	Friday 25 October
Wellington	22 January	Monday 22 January	Monday 21 January
Marlborough	1 November	Monday 29 October	Monday 4 November
Nelson	1 February	Monday 29 January	Monday 4 February
Canterbury	16 December	Friday 16 November	Friday 15 November
Canterbury (South)	16 December	Monday 24 September	Monday 23 September
Westland	1 December	Monday 3 December	Monday 2 December
Otago	23 March	Monday 26 March	Monday 25 March
Southland	17 January	Monday 15 January	Monday 14 January
Chatham Islands	30 November	Monday 3 December	Monday 2 December

*Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day & 2 January Holiday	These public holidays are observed on the actual day when they fall on a weekday. When they fall on a Saturday/Sunday: If the employee would normally have worked on the Saturday/Sunday, the public holiday is observed on the Saturday/Sunday If the employee would not normally have worked on the Saturday/Sunday, the public holiday is observed on the following Monday/Tuesday
Provincial Anniversary Days	These are generally observed on the Monday nearest to the actual day.
Provinces	These relate to the former Provinces of 19th Century New Zealand and are not related to or determined by present-day Districts or Regions.
Taranaki Anniversary Day	Moves to 2nd Monday in March to avoid Easter.
Hawkes Bay Anniversary Day	Moved to Friday before Labour Day.
Marlborough Anniversary Day	Observed 1st Monday after Labour Day.
Canterbury Anniversary	Northern & Central Canterbury areas observe Christchurch Show Day. The definition for the Canterbury Anniversary Day celebration as decided by Christchurch City is the second Friday after the first Tuesday in November each year. South Canterbury observes Dominion Day, the 4th Monday in September.
Westland	Varies throughout Westland, but Greymouth observes the official day.
Southland Anniversary Day	The actual date of Southland Anniversary day is not clear.
Easter	Easter dates confirmed by Catholic Church.

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