2021 dates
Term 1 – 10/11 weeks Between Monday 1st February until Friday 16th April.
Public holidays: Waitangi Day – 6 February, Otago Anniversary Day – 22nd March
Good Friday 2nd April, Easter Monday 5th April and Tuesday 6th April.
School holiday: Saturday 17th April – Sunday 2nd May (includes ANZAC day 25th April)
Term 2 – 10 weeks (Monday 3rd May until Friday 9th July)
Public holiday: Queen’s Birthday -7th June
School holiday: Saturday 10th July – Sunday 25th July
Term 3 – 10 weeks (Monday 26th July until Friday 1st October)
School holidays: Saturday 2nd October – Sunday 17th October
Term 4 – up to 10 weeks (Monday 18th October until no later than Monday 20th December- depending on start date)
Public Holiday – Labour Day, 25th October
2021 – Public holidays: Labour Day, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day, Waitangi Day, Otago Anniversary Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday & Tuesday, ANZAC Day, Queens Birthday.
School holidays: 5 or 6 weeks (from school’s closing date until opening date of school the following year)
2022 dates
Term 1 – 10 – 11 weeks Starts between Monday 31 January (at the earliest); and Tuesday 8 February (at the latest), and
ends Thursday 14 April (96-106 half-days)
Public holidays: Waitangi Day (observed) – Monday 7 February, and Easter: Good Friday – 15 April
School holiday: Saturday 16 April to Sunday 1 May
(includes Easter Monday – 18 April, Easter Tuesday – 19 April (a school holiday), and ANZAC Day – Monday 25 April)
Term 2 – 10 weeks Monday 2 May to Friday 8 July (98 half-days)
Public holiday: Queen’s Birthday – Monday 6 June
School holiday: Saturday 9 July to Sunday 24 July
Term 3 – 10 weeks Monday 25 July to Friday 30 September (100 half-days)
School holidays: Saturday 1 October to Sunday 16 October
Term 4 – Up to 10 – Starts Monday 17 October, and
ends no later than Tuesday 20 December (92 half-days)*
Public Holiday – Labour Day – Monday 24 October
2021 – Public holidays: Christmas Day – Sunday 25 December, Boxing Day – Monday 26 December, and New Year’s Day – Sunday 1 January 2023
School holiday: 5 or 6 weeks (from school’s closing date until opening date of school the following year)