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New Zealand (Aotearoa) : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months

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    Monday March 13, 2023Regional holidaySecular holiday
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    Thursday March 16, 2023Teachers strikeSchool holidays
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    Thursday March 16, 2023Teachers strikeSchool holidays
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    Thursday March 16, 2023Auckland International Boat ShowTradeshows
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    Monday March 20, 2023Regional holidaySecular holiday
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    Thursday March 23, 2023Auckland International Boat ShowTradeshows
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    Saturday April 1, 2023April Fools Daycards/flowers
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    Sunday April 2, 2023Daylight Saving TimeSpecial Events
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    Thursday April 6, 2023Easter holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Friday April 7, 2023Good FridayCatholic or protestant
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    Sunday April 9, 2023EasterCatholic or protestant
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    Monday April 10, 2023Easter MondayCatholic or protestant
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    Tuesday April 11, 2023Regional holidaySecular holiday
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    Monday April 24, 2023Easter holiday (end)School holidays
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    Tuesday April 25, 2023Anzac DaySecular holiday
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    Sunday May 14, 2023Mothers' Daycards/flowers
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    Monday June 5, 2023Arbor DayEvents, celebrations...
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    Monday June 5, 2023King's BirthdaySecular holiday
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    Friday June 30, 2023Winter holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Friday July 14, 2023Matariki Day (Maori New Year)Secular holiday
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    Monday July 17, 2023Winter holiday (end)School holidays
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    Thursday July 20, 2023Coupe d’Afrique des Nations FéminineSports events
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    Thursday July 20, 2023Auckland International Film FestivalEvents, celebrations...
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    Tuesday July 25, 2023Christmas in Julycards/flowers
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    Sunday September 3, 2023Fathers' Daycards/flowers
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    Friday September 22, 2023Spring holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Sunday September 24, 2023Daylight Saving TimeSpecial Events
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    Monday September 25, 2023Regional holidaySecular holiday
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    Regional holiday

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    Monday March 13, 2023
    Secular holiday : Taranaki Day in Taranaki only

    Teachers strike

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    Thursday March 16, 2023
    School holidays :

    Teachers strike

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    Thursday March 16, 2023
    School holidays :

    Auckland International Boat Show

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    Thursday March 16, 2023
    Tradeshows : Www.aucklandinternationalboatshow.com/ lasts 5 days 2023 edition confirmed

    Regional holiday

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    Monday March 20, 2023
    Secular holiday : Otago Day in Otago only

    Auckland International Boat Show

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    Thursday March 23, 2023
    Tradeshows : Www.aucklandinternationalboatshow.com/ lasts 5 days 2023 edition confirmed

    April Fools Day

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    Saturday April 1, 2023
    cards/flowers : As the story goes, in 1564, France was one of the first nations to make January 1 officially New Year's Day, instead of the last week of March which was previously observed. In 1582, the Pope followed suit. Those who went on celebrating April 1st were mocked. As the zodiacal sign was the fish, The French placed dead fish on the backs of one another. Traditions vary from country to country.

    Daylight Saving Time

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    Sunday April 2, 2023
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    Easter holiday (beginning)

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    Thursday April 6, 2023
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    Good Friday

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    Friday April 7, 2023
    Catholic or protestant : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.

    Easter

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    Sunday April 9, 2023
    Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday

    Easter Monday

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    Monday April 10, 2023
    Catholic or protestant : In the year 325, the Council of Nicée determined a date fo Easter. Full Moon would fall the 14th day of a moon month (1). Easter would be marked by the dominical letter(2)and the epactus(3). With the establishment of the equinox ne variatur on March 21, algorithms where elaborated to attribuate a date for Easter whatever the year.
    Time between two consecutive new moons: 20 days 12 hours 44 minutes 2.8 - Gives a letter code for the year's calendar Age of the moon on January 1st, minus one unity, 0 being the new moon's age.

    Regional holiday

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    Tuesday April 11, 2023
    Secular holiday : Southland Day in Southland only

    Easter holiday (end)

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    Monday April 24, 2023
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    Anzac Day

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    Tuesday April 25, 2023
    Secular holiday : ANZAC(Australia and New Zealand Army Corps)Day commemorates those soldiers who died during world wars (from the Boer war to the Vietnam war), and particuarly remembers those who died during the Gallipoli campaign during WW1(Turkey).

    Mothers' Day

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    Sunday May 14, 2023
    cards/flowers : Mother’s day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mother’s day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year. One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world. Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day. In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howe’s Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and women’s suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mother’s Day, with her Mother’s Day Proclamation. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson approved Mother’s Day in 1914

    Arbor Day

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    Monday June 5, 2023
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    King's Birthday

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    Monday June 5, 2023
    Secular holiday : King Charles III was born on 14 November, 1948. It is observed on various dates across the Commonwealth to fit with each country’s public holiday calendar.

    Winter holiday (beginning)

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    Friday June 30, 2023
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    Matariki Day (Maori New Year)

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    Friday July 14, 2023
    Secular holiday : Matariki is the Māori name given to the Pleiades cluster of stars, which rises in mid-winter in the southern hemisphere – marking the start of the Māori new year. The constellation’s reappearance in the night sky has been celebrated at events across New Zealand since the early 2000s, though Māori party MP Rahui Katene’s attempt to have it recognised as a public holiday failed in 2009. from 2022

    Winter holiday (end)

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    Monday July 17, 2023
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    Coupe d’Afrique des Nations Féminine

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    Thursday July 20, 2023
    Sports events : lasts 3 weeks 2023 edition confirmed

    Auckland International Film Festival

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    Thursday July 20, 2023
    Culture : Www.nziff.co.nz lasts 2 weeks - in Auckland 2023 edition confirmed

    Christmas in July

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    Tuesday July 25, 2023
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    Fathers' Day

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    Sunday September 3, 2023
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    Spring holiday (beginning)

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    Friday September 22, 2023
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    Daylight Saving Time

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    Sunday September 24, 2023
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    Regional holiday

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    Monday September 25, 2023
    Secular holiday : Canterbury Day in Canterbury only