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tdepim/libkholidays/holidays/holiday_nz

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: New Zealand holiday file. Copy to ~/.holiday
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: 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
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small "Good Friday" weekend on easter minus 2 days
small "Easter Sunday" weekend on easter
small "Easter Monday" weekend on easter plus 1 days
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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)
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: Region Offical Date How it shifts around each year
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: 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