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