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Calendar

Daylight Savings 2024

Daylight saving

2024 29 September

 

school terms and holidays

Term 1

starts between Monday 29  January and Wednesday  7 February

ends Friday 12  April

Term 2

starts Monday 29 April

ends Friday 7 July

Term 3

starts Monday 22  July

ends Friday 27 September

Term 4

starts Monday 14 October

ends no later than Friday 20 December

 

National public holidays 2023 2024

 

2024 — National public holidays

New Year’s Day Monday 1 January

Day after New Year’s Day Tuesday 2 January

Waitangi Day Tuesday 6 February

Good Friday Friday 29 March

Easter Monday Monday 1 April

Anzac Day Thursday  25 April

King’s Birthday Monday 3 June

Matariki Friday 28 June

Labour Day Monday 28 October

Christmas Day Wednesday  25 December

Boxing Day Thuesday  26 December

 

Regional anniversary days

Auckland

Monday 30 January

 

Seasons

Scallop season Closed 1 September to 31 March inclusive

Auckland includes Northland, Waikato and the Bay of Plenty. The open season is 1 September to 31 March inclusive.

For scallops, measure the greatest diameter of the shell. Minimum size 100mm.

Daily limit of 20 per person.

 

Duck Shooting   4 May 2024  to 30 June Open

 

Game That May  be Hunted or Killed—Mallard

Shooting hours are 6.30am to 6.30

 

Whitebait 1 September and 30 October  Closed

 

Fishing is only permitted between 5am and 8pm OR between 6am and 9pm when New Zealand Daylight Saving is being observed.

Fishing gear Fishing gear includes all nets, screens, lines, devices or things which are used to take whitebait or are capable of being used to take whitebait. Whitebait nets should not have a mouth larger than 4.5 metres measured on the inside of the net frame; have framing material that is wider than 120mm; or be longer than 3.5m in length.

No person can set or use more than one whitebait net at a time.

No fishing gear should exceed more than one third of the water channel width, exceed six metres in total length.

Every person who sets or uses a whitebait net must remain within 10 metres of the net.

Term 2

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

 

 

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

 

Duck Shooting

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

King Birthday

 

Duck Shooting end

Matarki

 

 

School — Take 4 off child age 

Age

New

Old

Standards

Forms

University

5

Y1

JI

Primmer 1

 

 

6

Y2

J2

Primmer 2

 

 

7

Y3

 

Standard 1

 

 

8

Y4

 

Standard 2

 

 

9

Y5

 

Standard 3

 

 

10

Y6

 

Standard 4

 

 

11

Y7

 

Standard 5

Form 1

 

12

Y8

 

Standard 6

Form 2

 

13

Y9

 

 

Form 3

 

14

Y10

 

 

Form 4

 

15

Y11

 

 

Form 5

 

16

Y12

 

 

Form 6

 

17

Y13

 

 

Form 7

 

18

 

 

 

 

101

19

 

 

 

 

201

20

 

 

 

 

301

21

 

 

 

 

401