School Holiday Dates - we get this info from the Ministry of Education website.
The holidays are the dates between the Terms.
New Zealand School Holidays 2010
(We'll add the 2011 School Holidays dates shortly, but in the meantime you can find them here.)
PRIMARY AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS
Term 1 - Tuesday 2 Feb and Friday Feb 5 - Thursday 1 April (80 - 86 half-days)
School holidays start Friday 2nd April and finish Sunday 18 April
Term 2 - Monday 19 April - Friday 2 July (108 half-days)
School holidays start Saturday 3 July and finish Sunday 19 July
Term 3 - Monday 19 July - Friday 24 September (100 half-days)
School holidays start Saturday 25 September and finish Sunday 10 October
Term 4 - Monday 11 October - no later than Monday 20 December (100 half-days) *
School holidays start Tuesday 21 December and finish between Tuesday 1 February and Monday 7 February 2011
* Or to a day in December which ensures that the school has been open for instruction for 388 half-days in 2010.
SECONDARY AND COMPOSITE SCHOOLS
Term 1 - Tuesday 2 Feb and Friday Feb 5 - Thursday 1 April (80 - 86 half-days)
School holidays start Friday 2 April and finish Sunday 18 April
Term 2 - Monday 19 April - Friday 2 July (108 half-days)
School holidays start Saturday 3 July and finish Sunday 18 July
Term 3 - Monday 19 July - Friday 24 September (100 half-days)
School holidays start Saturday 25 September and finish Sunday 10 October
Term 4 - Monday 11 October - Tuesday 14 December (92 half-days) *
School holidays start Wednesday 15 December and finish between Tuesday 1 February and Monday 7 February 2011
* Or to a day in December which ensures that the school has been open for instruction for 380 half-days in 2010.
2010 Holidays
Schools must be closed in 2010 on Saturdays and Sundays and on the following holidays
New Years Day 1 January
Day after New Years Day 2 January
Waitangi Day Saturday 6 February
Good Friday 2 April
Easter Monday 5 April
Day after Easter Monday 6 April
Anzac Day Sunday 25 April
Queen's Birthday Monday 7 June
Labour Day Monday 25 October
Christmas Day 25 December
Boxing Day 26 December
and the relevant Anniversary Day Holiday as listed below
Auckland - Monday 1 February
Taranaki - Monday 8 March
Hawkes' Bay - Friday 22 October
Wellington - Monday 25 January
Marlborough - Monday 1 November
Nelson - Monday 1 February
Canterbury - Friday 12 November
Canterbury (South) - Monday 27 September
Westland - Monday 29 November
Otago - Monday 22 March
Southland - Monday 19 January
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