How many working days are there in 2027 in New Zealand?
Working Monday to Friday in Auckland, 2027 has 249 working days: 261 weekdays less 11 national public holidays and Auckland Anniversary Day. 2026 also has 249. At 8 hours a day that is 1,992 hours, or 1,832 after 4 weeks of annual leave. Choose your region and the days you work for your own count, month by month.
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| January, less 2 public holidays | 19 days |
|---|---|
| February, less 2 public holidays | 18 days |
| March, less 2 public holidays | 21 days |
| April, less 1 public holiday | 21 days |
| May | 21 days |
| June, less 2 public holidays | 20 days |
| July | 22 days |
| August | 22 days |
| September | 22 days |
| October, less 1 public holiday | 20 days |
| November | 22 days |
| December, less 2 public holidays | 21 days |
| Days you would work in 2027, before holidays | 261 days |
| Public holidays on your working days | 12 days |
| Working days in 2027 | 249 days |
| Working hours at 8 hours a day | 1,992 hours |
| Less 4 weeks of annual leave (20 days) | 229 days |
| Hours after leave | 1,832 hours |
- Public holidays on your working days: New Year's Day (1 Jan 2027); Day after New Year's Day (4 Jan 2027); Auckland Anniversary Day (1 Feb 2027); Waitangi Day (8 Feb 2027); Good Friday (26 Mar 2027); Easter Monday (29 Mar 2027); Anzac Day (26 Apr 2027); King's Birthday (7 Jun 2027); Matariki (25 Jun 2027); Labour Day (25 Oct 2027); Christmas Day (27 Dec 2027); Boxing Day (28 Dec 2027).
- Moved because you do not work the weekend day it falls on (Holidays Act 2003, sections 45 and 45A): Day after New Year's Day, 2 Jan 2027 to Monday 4 Jan 2027; Waitangi Day, 6 Feb 2027 to Monday 8 Feb 2027; Anzac Day, 25 Apr 2027 to Monday 26 Apr 2027; Christmas Day, 25 Dec 2027 to Monday 27 Dec 2027; Boxing Day, 26 Dec 2027 to Tuesday 28 Dec 2027.
- Auckland Anniversary Day is Employment New Zealand's observed date, which it says may contain errors: check with your employer or council.
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See Your TimesheetsHow the working days are counted
The calculator goes through every day of the year, counts the days of the week you work, and takes off the public holidays that fall on them. Section 44 of the Holidays Act 2003 lists 12 public holidays a year: New Year's Day and 2 January, Waitangi Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day, the King's Birthday, Matariki, Labour Day, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and your province's anniversary day. For Monday to Friday in 2027, 261 weekdays less 11 national holidays leaves 250, and 249 once an anniversary day comes off. A holiday on a day you do not work does not reduce your count, and two holidays on one day count as one (section 44(4)).
Weekend holidays and your working week
In 2027, five holidays fall on a weekend: 2 January, Waitangi Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day on a Saturday or Sunday, and Anzac Day on a Sunday. Sections 45 and 45A keep a weekend holiday on the weekend day for anyone who would otherwise work it, and move it to the following Monday for everyone else, or to the following Tuesday when Christmas Day, Boxing Day, 1 January or 2 January falls on a Sunday. So the count depends on your days: if you work Saturdays, Christmas Day 2027 is Saturday 25 December for you, not Monday 27 December. The calculator applies the rule to the days you tick. If your days vary, the otherwise working day test decides which day is yours.
Anniversary days
Each anniversary day belongs to one of the old provinces, not today's regions, and is set by local custom, usually on the nearest Monday. Employment New Zealand lists the exceptions: Taranaki moves to the second Monday in March, Hawke's Bay to the Friday before Labour Day, Marlborough to the first Monday after Labour Day, most of Canterbury keeps Christchurch Show Day in November, South Canterbury keeps the fourth Monday in September, and Southland usually takes Easter Tuesday. Otago has no single day, so check your agreement. Employment New Zealand notes its anniversary dates may contain errors and suggests checking with your local council.
Working hours, and leave
Working hours are the working days times your hours on a working day. After 12 months with an employer you are entitled to at least 4 weeks of paid annual holidays a year (section 16), which the calculator takes off as 4 of your working weeks; a public holiday inside your leave stays a public holiday and is not counted as leave (section 40). Our article on making annual leave go further picks the days to book around the holidays, and how many hours is full time covers what a working week means.
Questions
How many working days are there in 2027 in NZ?
Working Monday to Friday, 249 once your regional anniversary day comes off: 261 weekdays less 11 national public holidays and the anniversary day. Without the anniversary day it is 250.
How many working days are there in 2026 in NZ?
Also 249 for Monday to Friday with an anniversary day: 261 weekdays less 11 national public holidays, with Anzac Day and Boxing Day moving to Mondays, and less your anniversary day.
How many working hours are in a year in NZ?
In 2027, Monday to Friday at 8 hours a day, 1,992 hours after public holidays and an anniversary day, or 1,832 after 4 weeks of annual leave. At 7.5 hours a day it is 1,867.5 hours, or 1,717.5 after leave.
Which 2027 public holidays fall on a weekend?
2 January and Waitangi Day (Saturdays), Anzac Day (Sunday), Christmas Day (Saturday) and Boxing Day (Sunday). For people who do not work weekends they move to Monday 4 January, Monday 8 February, Monday 26 April, Monday 27 December and Tuesday 28 December.
When is Matariki in 2027?
Friday 25 June 2027. In 2026 it was Friday 10 July.
Is there anything to save from this calculator?
No. Your Timesheets, free on every plan, keeps a dated record of the hours you actually work, with week, fortnight and month totals to set against the year's working hours.
Sources
- Holidays Act 2003, ss 16, 40, 44, 45 and 45A.
- Employment New Zealand: public holidays and anniversary dates.
- Employment New Zealand: when a public holiday falls on a weekend.
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