Term dates and school holidays

2026 School Year

​Term 1: Monday 2 February to Thursday 2 April

• Waitangi Day – Friday 6 February​
• School holidays: Good Friday 3 April to Sunday 19 April 2026
  ​(Easter falls within the school holidays)

See also:

• Ministry of Education: 
  ​School terms and holidays for all state and integrated schools and kura.
• School Calendar

Term 2: Monday 20 April to Friday 3 July

• Anzac Day – Saturday 25 April (Anzac Day observed on Monday 27 April)
• King’s Birthday – Monday 1 June
• School holidays: Saturday 4 July to Sunday 19 (Matariki falls on Friday 10 July)

Term 3: Monday 20 July to Friday 25 September

• ​No holidays in term-time.
• School holidays: Saturday 26 September to Sunday 11 October

Term 4: ​Monday 12 October to Friday 11 December

• ​Labour Day – Monday 26 October

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