Important Dates in New Zealand for 2008
| New Years Day Holiday | Tuesday 1 January |
| Day after New Years Day | Wednesday 2 January |
| Waitangi Day | Wednesday 6 February |
| Good Friday | Friday 21 March |
| Easter Monday | Monday 24 March |
| ANZAC Day | Friday 25 April |
| Queen's Birthday | Monday 2 June |
| Labour Day | Monday 27 October |
| Christmas Day | Thursday 25 December |
| Boxing Day | Friday 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 10 March |
| Otago Anniversary Day | Monday 24 March |
| South Canterbury Anniversary Day | Monday 22 September |
| Hawkes Bay Anniversary Day | Friday 24 October |
| Marlborough Anniversary Day | Monday 3 November |
| Canterbury Anniversary Day | Friday 14 November |
| Chatham Islands Anniversary Day | Monday 1 December |
| Westland Anniversary Day | Monday 1 December |
| Secondary/Composite - T1 | Thursday 7 February - Until: Friday 18 April |
| Primary/Intermediate - T1 | Thursday 7 February - Until: Friday 18 April |
| Primary/Intermediate - T2 | Monday 5 May - Until: Friday 4 July |
| Secondary/Composite - T2 | Monday 5 May - Until: Friday 4 July |
| Primary/Intermediate - T3 | Monday 21 July - Until: Friday 26 September |
| Secondary/Composite - T3 | Monday 21 July - Until: Friday 26 September |
| Secondary/Composite - T4 | Monday 13 October - Until no later: Wednesday 17 December |
| Primary/Intermediate - T4 | Monday 13 October - Until no later: Friday 19 December |
| New Years Day | Tuesday 1 January |
| Chinese New Year | Thursday 7 February - Year of the Rat |
| Valentine's Day | Thursday 14 February |
| Saint Patrick's Day | Monday 17 March |
| Easter Sunday | Sunday 23 March |
| Mothers Day | Sunday 11 May |
| Matariki | Thursday 5 June |
| Fathers Day | Sunday 7 September |
| Guy Fawkes | Wednesday 5 November |
| Christmas Day | Thursday 25 December |
| Tax Year End | Monday 31 March |
| Tax Year Start | Tuesday 1 April |
| Daylight Saving End | Sunday 6 April (3.00am becomes 2.00am) |
| Daylight Saving Start | Sunday 28 September (2.00am becomes 3.00am) |
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