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diff --git a/libkholidays/holidays/holiday_nz b/libkholidays/holidays/holiday_nz new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9e82bd696 --- /dev/null +++ b/libkholidays/holidays/holiday_nz @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +: +: New Zealand holiday file. Copy to ~/.holiday +: +: Author: Miles Leonard-Taylor (m.leonardtaylor@irl.cri.nz) +: 13 September 2000 (first version) +: 24 September 2004 (update with spelling corrections) +: 11 February 2008 (change to daylight-savings rules by government) +: Thanks to various people for pointing out all my spelling mistakes... + +: Holidays as defined by the government's "Holidays Acts, 1981-1991" +: and the Visits and Ceremonial office of the Department of Internal Affairs +: and was also at http://www.nzir.dol.govt.nz/rights/leave/dates/2000.html +: but now located under http://www.ers.dol.govt.nz/holidays_act_2003/dates/ + +small "Christmas" weekend on december 25 +small "Boxing Day" weekend on december 26 +small "New Year's Day" weekend on january 1 +small "" weekend on january 2 +: +small "Good Friday" weekend on easter minus 2 days +small "Easter Sunday" weekend on easter +small "Easter Monday" weekend on easter plus 1 days +: +small "Waitangi Day" weekend on february 6 +small "Anzac Day" weekend on april 25 +small "Queen's Birthday" weekend on first monday in june +small "Labour Day" weekend on fourth monday in october + +: Other useful dates, but NOT public holidays, sources unknown +small "St. Valentine's Day" on february 14 +small "St. Patrick's Day" on march 17 +small "Mother's Day" on second sunday in may +small "Father's Day" on first sunday in september +small "Halloween" on october 31 +small "Guy Fawkes" on november 5 +small "Melbourne Cup" on first tuesday in november + +: Daylight Savings Reminders, defined by Internal Affairs +: see http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Services-Daylight-Saving-Index?OpenDocument +small "Clocks Forward" on last sunday in september +small "Clocks Back" on first sunday in april + +: Additional Easter dates and other Solemneties, defined by Catholic Church +:small "Epiphany on sunday after january 2 +:small "Baptism of Lord" on sunday after january 2 plus 7 days +:small "Presentation" on february 2 +small "Ash Wednesday" on easter minus 46 days +:small "Palm Sunday" on easter minus 7 days +small "Ascension" on easter plus 42 days +small "Pentecost" weekend on easter plus 49 days +small "Trinity" on easter plus 56 days +small "Corpus Christi" on easter plus 63 days +:small "Sacred Heart" on easter plus 68 days +:small "John the Baptist" on june 24 +:small "Sts Peter & Paul" on june 29 +:small "Transfiguration" on august 6 +small "Assumption" on august 15 +small "All Saints" on november 1 +:small "All Souls" on november 2 +:small "Christ the King" on sunday before 24.12 minus 28 days +:small "1. Advent" on sunday before 24.12 minus 21 days +:small "2. Advent" on sunday before 24.12 minus 14 days +:small "3. Advent" on sunday before 24.12 minus 7 days +:small "4. Advent" on sunday before 24.12 +:small "Holy Family" on first sunday after december 26 + +: Regional Anniversaries +: Defined at http://www.nzir.dol.govt.nz/rights/leave/dates/2000.html +: A map may be viewed at http://www.govt.nz/localgov/regionalmap.php3 +: These may not be tagged as holdiays ("weekend") as they are regional +: NB. "on monday after 19.1" means monday _ON_ _OR_ after 19.1 (inclusive) +: +: Region Offical Date How it shifts around each year +: +: Auckland 29 January Moves to nearest monday +small "Auckland Day" on monday after 26 january +: Taranaki 31 March Moves to 2nd Mon in Mar to miss easter +small "Taranaki Day" on second monday in march +: Hawkes' Bay 1 November Moves to Friday before Labour day +small "Hawkes Bay Day" on fourth monday in october minus 3 days +: Wellington 22 January Moves to nearest monday +small "Wellington Day" on monday after 19 january +: Marlborough 1 November Moves to first monday after Labour day +small "Marlborough Day" on fourth monday in october plus 7 days +: Nelson 1 February Moves to nearest monday +small "Nelson Day" on monday after 29 january +: Canterbury 16 December Moves to 2nd Fri after 1st Tues in Nov +small "Canterbury Day" on friday after 11 november +: Canterbury (South) 16 December Moves to 4th monday in september +small "S.Canterbury Day" on fourth monday in september +: Westland 1 December Moves to nearest monday +small "Westland Day" on monday after 28 november +: Otago 23 March Moves to nearest monday +small "Otago Day" on monday after 20 march +: Southland 17 January Moves to nearest monday +small "Southland Day" on monday after 14 march +: Chatham Islands 30 November Moves to nearest monday +small "Chatham's Day" on monday after 27 november + |