Holidays

Information about our holidays and days of celebration or commemoration: when they are, how they came about and traditions around the world.

• New Years - 1 January
  • New Years Resolutions
• Twelfth Night - 5 January
• Waitangi Day - 6 February
• St Valentine's Day - 14 February
• St Patrick's Day - 17 March
• Easter - somewhere between March 22 & April 25
• ANZAC Day - 25 April
• Matariki - Māori New Year
  • Matariki night sky
• Winter Solstice - the longest night, 21 June 2007
• Halloween - 31 October
• Guy Fawkes - 5 November
• Armistice Day - 11 November
• Cup and Show Week & Canterbury Anniversary
• Courage Day (International Day of the Imprisoned Writer) - 15 November
• Christmas - 25 December