Important Dates in New Zealand for 2017
| 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 14 April |
| Easter Monday | Monday 17 April |
| ANZAC Day | Tuesday 25 April |
| Queen's Birthday | Monday 5 June |
| Labour Day | Monday 23 October |
| Christmas Day | Monday 25 December |
| Boxing Day | Tuesday 26 December |
| Wellington Anniversary Day | Monday 23 January |
| Nelson Anniversary Day | Monday 30 January |
| Auckland Anniversary Day | Monday 30 January |
| Taranaki Anniversary Day | Monday 13 March |
| Otago Anniversary Day | Monday 20 March |
| Southland Anniversary Day | Tuesday 18 April |
| South Canterbury Anniversary Day | Monday 25 September |
| Hawkes Bay Anniversary Day | Friday 20 October |
| Marlborough Anniversary Day | Monday 30 October |
| Canterbury Anniversary Day | Friday 17 November |
| Chatham Islands Anniversary Day | Monday 27 November |
| Westland Anniversary Day | Monday 4 December |
| Secondary/Composite - T1 | Between: Monday 30 January & Tuesday 7 February - Until: Thursday 13 April |
| Primary/Intermediate - T1 | Between: Monday 30 January & Tuesday 7 February - Until: Thursday 13 April |
| Primary/Intermediate - T2 | Monday 1 May - Until: Friday 7 July |
| Secondary/Composite - T2 | Monday 1 May - Until: Friday 7 July |
| Primary/Intermediate - T3 | Monday 24 July - Until: Friday 29 September |
| Secondary/Composite - T3 | Monday 24 July - Until: Friday 29 September |
| Secondary/Composite - T4 | Monday 16 October - Until no later: Thursday 14 December |
| Primary/Intermediate - T4 | Monday 16 October - Until no later: Wednesday 20 December |
| New Years Day | Sunday 1 January |
| Chinese New Year | Saturday 28 January - Year of the Rooster |
| Valentine's Day | Tuesday 14 February |
| Saint Patrick's Day | Friday 17 March |
| Easter Sunday | Sunday 16 April |
| Mothers Day | Sunday 14 May |
| Winter Solstice | Wednesday 21 June |
| Matariki | Sunday 25 June |
| Fathers Day | Sunday 3 September |
| Guy Fawkes | Sunday 5 November |
| Summer Solstice | Thursday 21 December |
| Christmas Day | Monday 25 December |
| Tax Year End | Friday 31 March |
| Tax Year Start | Saturday 1 April |
| Daylight Saving End | Sunday 2 April (3.00am becomes 2.00am) |
| Daylight Saving Start | Sunday 24 September (2.00am becomes 3.00am) |
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