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Contact edit! April Fools Day
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Monday april 1, 2024
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.
Easter Monday
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Monday april 1, 2024
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 2, 2024
Secular holiday : Southland Day in Southland only
Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday april 7, 2024
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Easter holiday (beginning)
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Friday april 12, 2024
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Anzac Day
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Thursday april 25, 2024
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).
Easter holiday (end)
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Monday april 29, 2024
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Mothers' Day
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Sunday may 12, 2024
cards/flowers : Mothers day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mothers 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. Howes 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 womens suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mothers Day, with her Mothers Day Proclamation. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson approved Mothers Day in 1914
King's Birthday
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Monday june 3, 2024
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.
Arbor Day
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Wednesday june 5, 2024
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Matariki Day (Maori New Year)
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Friday june 28, 2024
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 constellations reappearance in the night sky has been celebrated at events across New Zealand since the early 2000s, though Māori party MP Rahui Katenes attempt to have it recognised as a public holiday failed in 2009. from 2022
Winter holiday (beginning)
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Friday july 5, 2024
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Winter holiday (end)
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Monday july 22, 2024
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Christmas in July
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Thursday july 25, 2024
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Auckland International Film Festival
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Wednesday july 31, 2024
Culture : Www.nziff.co.nz lasts 2 weeks - in Auckland 2024 edition confirmed
Fathers' Day
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Sunday september 1, 2024
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Regional holiday
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Monday september 23, 2024
Secular holiday : Canterbury Day in Canterbury only
Spring holiday (beginning)
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Friday september 27, 2024
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Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday september 29, 2024
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Spring holiday (end)
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Monday october 14, 2024
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Regional holiday
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Friday october 25, 2024
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Labour Day
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Monday october 28, 2024
Secular holiday : Commemorates the struggle for an eight-hour working day