Greeting cards for New Zealand
18 holidays and observances locally associated with New Zealand.
The list below gathers every CardVerse occasion that Wikidata associates with New Zealand. It includes nationally observed public holidays, religious holidays of the country’s major faith communities, cultural festivals, and civic remembrance days. If you’re sending a card to someone in New Zealand, this page is a good shortcut for finding an occasion they’re likely to recognise immediately.
Some occasions appear under more than one country — widely shared holidays like New Year, Christmas and Mother’s Day may show up here even though they aren’t exclusive to New Zealand. For occasions that aren’t country-specific (birthdays, anniversaries, sympathy, friendship cards), see the categories index.
- National & Civic Holiday Cards
Anzac Day
national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand on April 25
April 25 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Auckland Anniversary Day
public holiday in the former Auckland Province, New Zealand
- Cultural & Heritage Cards
Canterbury Anniversary Day
one-off public holiday in parts of Canterbury, New Zealand
- Cultural & Heritage Cards
Canterbury Provincial Anniversary Day
public holiday in Canterbury, New Zealand
November 11 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Chatham Islands Provincial Anniversary Day
public holiday in Chatham Islands Territory, New Zealand
November 30 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Hawke's Bay Provincial Anniversary Day
public holiday in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Friday before fourth Monday in October - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Marlborough Provincial Anniversary Day
public holiday in Marlborough, New Zealand
November 1 - New Year Cards
Matariki
Māori New Year festival marked by rising of the star cluster Matariki (Pleiades)
- Cultural & Heritage Cards
Nelson Provincial Anniversary Day
public holiday in Nelson, New Zealand
February 1 - World Observances
New Zealand gamelan
scene of gamelan music
- Cultural & Heritage Cards
Otago Provincial Anniversary Day
public holiday in the Otago Province, New Zealand
March 23 - Awareness Day Cards
Peace Day
Great Britain formally celebration of the end of World War I on 19 July 1919
- Cultural & Heritage Cards
South Canterbury Provincial Anniversary Day
public holiday in South Canterbury, New Zealand
September 25 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Southland Provincial Anniversary Day
public holiday in Southland, New Zealand
Easter + 2 days - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Taranaki Provincial Anniversary Day
public holiday in Taranaki, New Zealand
second Monday in March - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Waitangi Day
national day of New Zealand
February 6 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Wellington Provincial Anniversary Day
publich holiday in Greater Wellington, New Zealand
second-to-last Monday in January - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Westland Provincial Anniversary Day
public holiday in Westland, New Zealand
December 1