Important Dates in New Zealand for 2012
| New Years Day Holiday | Sunday 1 January or Tuesday 3 January |
| Day after New Years Day | Monday 2 January |
| Waitangi Day | Monday 6 February |
| Good Friday | Friday 6 April |
| Easter Monday | Monday 9 April |
| ANZAC Day | Wednesday 25 April |
| Queen's Birthday | Monday 4 June |
| Labour Day | Monday 22 October |
| Christmas Day | Tuesday 25 December |
| Boxing Day | Wednesday 26 December |
| Wellington Anniversary Day | Monday 23 January |
| Nelson Anniversary Day | Monday 30 January |
| Auckland Anniversary Day | Monday 30 January |
| Taranaki Anniversary Day | Monday 12 March |
| Otago Anniversary Day | Monday 26 March |
| Southland Anniversary Day | Tuesday 10 April |
| South Canterbury Anniversary Day | Monday 24 September |
| Hawkes Bay Anniversary Day | Friday 19 October |
| Marlborough Anniversary Day | Monday 29 October |
| Canterbury Anniversary Day | Friday 16 November |
| Chatham Islands Anniversary Day | Monday 3 December |
| Westland Anniversary Day | Monday 3 December |
| Secondary/Composite - T1 | Between: Monday 30 January & Tuesday 7 February - Until: Thursday 5 April |
| Primary/Intermediate - T1 | Between: Monday 30 January & Tuesday 7 February - Until: Thursday 5 April |
| Secondary/Composite - T2 | Monday 23 April - Until: Friday 29 June |
| Primary/Intermediate - T2 | Monday 23 April - Until: Friday 29 June |
| Primary/Intermediate - T3 | Monday 16 July - Until: Friday 28 September |
| Secondary/Composite - T3 | Monday 16 July - Until: Friday 28 September |
| Secondary/Composite - T4 | Monday 15 October - Until no later: Friday 14 December |
| Primary/Intermediate - T4 | Monday 15 October - Until no later: Thursday 20 December |
| New Years Day | Sunday 1 January |
| Chinese New Year | Monday 23 January - Year of the Dragon |
| Valentine's Day | Tuesday 14 February |
| Saint Patrick's Day | Saturday 17 March |
| Easter Sunday | Sunday 8 April |
| Mothers Day | Sunday 13 May |
| Winter Solstice | Wednesday 20 June |
| Matariki | Thursday 21 June |
| Fathers Day | Sunday 2 September |
| Guy Fawkes | Monday 5 November |
| Summer Solstice | Friday 21 December |
| Christmas Day | Tuesday 25 December |
| Tax Year End | Saturday 31 March |
| Daylight Saving End | Sunday 1 April (3.00am becomes 2.00am) |
| Tax Year Start | Sunday 1 April |
| Daylight Saving Start | Sunday 30 September (2.00am becomes 3.00am) |
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