New Zealand school holidays 2026
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New Zealand terms 2026
| Term | Starts | Ends |
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| Term 1 | between Mon 26 Jan 2026 and Mon 9 Feb 2026 — your school chooses | Thu 2 Apr 2026 |
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| Term 2 | Mon 20 Apr 2026 | Fri 3 Jul 2026 |
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| Term 3 | Mon 20 Jul 2026 | Fri 25 Sep 2026 |
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| Term 4 | Mon 12 Oct 2026 | Set by your school |
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New Zealand holidays 2026
| Holiday | First day off | Last day off |
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| Term 1 break | Fri 3 Apr 2026 | Fri 17 Apr 2026 |
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| Term 2 break | Mon 6 Jul 2026 | Fri 17 Jul 2026 |
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| Term 3 break | Mon 28 Sep 2026 | Fri 9 Oct 2026 |
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| Summer holiday | Set by your school | between Wed 27 Jan 2027 and Tue 2 Feb 2027 — your school chooses |
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New Zealand terms 2027
| Term | Starts | Ends |
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| Term 1 | between Thu 28 Jan 2027 and Wed 3 Feb 2027 — your school chooses | Fri 9 Apr 2027 |
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| Term 2 | Tue 27 Apr 2027 | Fri 2 Jul 2027 |
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| Term 3 | Mon 19 Jul 2027 | Fri 24 Sep 2027 |
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| Term 4 | Mon 11 Oct 2027 | Set by your school |
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New Zealand holidays 2027
| Holiday | First day off | Last day off |
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| Term 1 break | Mon 12 Apr 2027 | Mon 26 Apr 2027 |
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| Term 2 break | Mon 5 Jul 2027 | Fri 16 Jul 2027 |
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| Term 3 break | Mon 27 Sep 2027 | Fri 8 Oct 2027 |
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| Summer holiday | Set by your school | between Fri 28 Jan 2028 and Mon 7 Feb 2028 — your school chooses |
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2026 at a glance
• holiday✕ pupil-freeterm~ window — your school chooses? set by your school / not yet published
January 2026
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
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| | | 1 no data | 2 no data | 3 | 4 |
| 5 no data | 6 no data | 7 no data | 8 no data | 9 no data | 10 | 11 |
| 12 no data | 13 no data | 14 no data | 15 no data | 16 no data | 17 | 18 |
| 19 no data | 20 no data | 21 no data | 22 no data | 23 no data | 24 | 25 |
| 26 window, your school chooses | 27 window, your school chooses | 28 window, your school chooses | 29 window, your school chooses | 30 window, your school chooses | 31 | |
February 2026
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
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| | | | | | 1 |
| 2 window, your school chooses | 3 window, your school chooses | 4 window, your school chooses | 5 window, your school chooses | 6 window, your school chooses | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | |
March 2026
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
|---|
| | | | | | 1 |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| 30 | 31 | | | | | |
April 2026
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
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| | 1 | 2 | 3 holiday | 4 | 5 |
| 6 holiday | 7 holiday | 8 holiday | 9 holiday | 10 holiday | 11 | 12 |
| 13 holiday | 14 holiday | 15 holiday | 16 holiday | 17 holiday | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | | | |
May 2026
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
|---|
| | | | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
June 2026
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 29 | 30 | | | | | |
July 2026
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
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| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 holiday | 7 holiday | 8 holiday | 9 holiday | 10 holiday | 11 | 12 |
| 13 holiday | 14 holiday | 15 holiday | 16 holiday | 17 holiday | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | | |
August 2026
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
|---|
| | | | | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| 31 | | | | | | |
September 2026
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 holiday | 29 holiday | 30 holiday | | | | |
October 2026
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
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| | | 1 holiday | 2 holiday | 3 | 4 |
| 5 holiday | 6 holiday | 7 holiday | 8 holiday | 9 holiday | 10 | 11 |
| 12 set by your school | 13 set by your school | 14 set by your school | 15 set by your school | 16 set by your school | 17 | 18 |
| 19 set by your school | 20 set by your school | 21 set by your school | 22 set by your school | 23 set by your school | 24 | 25 |
| 26 set by your school | 27 set by your school | 28 set by your school | 29 set by your school | 30 set by your school | 31 | |
November 2026
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
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| | | | | | 1 |
| 2 set by your school | 3 set by your school | 4 set by your school | 5 set by your school | 6 set by your school | 7 | 8 |
| 9 set by your school | 10 set by your school | 11 set by your school | 12 set by your school | 13 set by your school | 14 | 15 |
| 16 set by your school | 17 set by your school | 18 set by your school | 19 set by your school | 20 set by your school | 21 | 22 |
| 23 set by your school | 24 set by your school | 25 set by your school | 26 set by your school | 27 set by your school | 28 | 29 |
| 30 set by your school | | | | | | |
December 2026
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
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| 1 set by your school | 2 set by your school | 3 set by your school | 4 set by your school | 5 | 6 |
| 7 set by your school | 8 set by your school | 9 set by your school | 10 set by your school | 11 set by your school | 12 | 13 |
| 14 set by your school | 15 set by your school | 16 set by your school | 17 set by your school | 18 set by your school | 19 | 20 |
| 21 holiday | 22 holiday | 23 holiday | 24 holiday | 25 holiday | 26 | 27 |
| 28 holiday | 29 holiday | 30 holiday | 31 holiday | | | |
The Ministry publishes national earliest and latest dates. Each school chooses its exact opening and closing dates within those windows; check your school's calendar.
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Education, term dates and holidays. https://www.education.govt.nz/term-dates-and-holidays — verified Sat 5 Sep 2026
Printed from TermMinder https://www.termminder.com/nz/school-holidays/