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Public Holiday Regional: NZ-CIT

Chatham Islands Anniversary Day

November 2027
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🏪 What's open

  • Banks Closed
  • Government offices Closed
  • Schools Closed
  • Shops Varies
  • Restaurants Reduced
  • Public transit Reduced
  • Stock market Closed
  • Post office Closed

🛋️ Long weekend potential

3-Day Block
SAT 27 Weekend
SUN 28 Weekend
MON 29 Holiday

3-day weekend (November 27 – November 29)

📣 Traveler notes

New Zealand is known for its diverse natural landscape, featuring mountains, fiords, lakes, and volcanic zones. It is a unique bioregion, notable for its flightless bird species, such as the kiwi and kākāpō.

  • National holidays that fall on a weekend are generally observed on the following Monday.
  • Waitangi Day (February 6th) commemorates the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (1840).
  • New Year's Day and New Year's Holiday are public holidays with specific dates adjusted for weekends.
  • The country observes a mix of national holidays and regional anniversary days.

About this holiday

Chatham Islands, located 800 km east of New Zealand’s South Island, is an archipelago containing about ten islands, including Chatham and Pitt Islands. It marks New Zealand's easternmost point, the Forty-Fours. Former farming areas are preserved as nature reserves to protect unique flora and fauna.