Important Dates in New Zealand for 2002
| New Years Day Holiday | Tuesday 1 January |
| Day after New Years Day | Wednesday 2 January |
| Waitangi Day | Wednesday 6 February |
| Good Friday | Friday 29 March |
| Easter Monday | Monday 1 April |
| ANZAC Day | Thursday 25 April |
| Queen's Birthday | Monday 3 June |
| Labour Day | Monday 28 October |
| Christmas Day | Wednesday 25 December |
| Boxing Day | Thursday 26 December |
| Southland Anniversary Day | Monday 14 January |
| Wellington Anniversary Day | Monday 21 January |
| Auckland Anniversary Day | Monday 28 January |
| Nelson Anniversary Day | Monday 4 February |
| Taranaki Anniversary Day | Monday 11 March |
| Otago Anniversary Day | Monday 25 March |
| South Canterbury Anniversary Day | Monday 23 September |
| Hawkes Bay Anniversary Day | Friday 25 October |
| Marlborough Anniversary Day | Monday 4 November |
| Canterbury Anniversary Day | Friday 15 November |
| Chatham Islands Anniversary Day | Monday 2 December |
| Westland Anniversary Day | Monday 2 December |
| Secondary/Composite - T1 | Monday 28 January - Until: Thursday 28 March |
| Primary/Intermediate - T1 | Wednesday 30 January - Until: Thursday 28 March |
| Secondary/Composite - T2 | Monday 15 April - Until: Friday 28 June |
| Primary/Intermediate - T2 | Monday 15 April - Until: Friday 28 June |
| Primary/Intermediate - T3 | Monday 15 July - Until: Friday 20 September |
| Secondary/Composite - T3 | Monday 15 July - Until: Friday 20 September |
| Secondary/Composite - T4 | Monday 7 October - Until no later: Friday 6 December |
| Primary/Intermediate - T4 | Monday 7 October - Until no later: Thursday 19 December |
| New Years Day | Tuesday 1 January |
| Chinese New Year | Tuesday 12 February - Year of the Horse |
| Valentine's Day | Thursday 14 February |
| Saint Patrick's Day | Sunday 17 March |
| Easter Sunday | Sunday 31 March |
| Mothers Day | Sunday 12 May |
| Fathers Day | Sunday 1 September |
| Guy Fawkes | Tuesday 5 November |
| Christmas Day | Wednesday 25 December |
| Tax Year End | Sunday 31 March |
| Daylight Saving End | Sunday 31 March (3.00am becomes 2.00am) |
| Tax Year Start | Monday 1 April |
| Daylight Saving Start | Sunday 27 October (2.00am becomes 3.00am) |
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