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Matariki 2035
Friday 29 June 2035
A Friday in June or July fixed for each year by the Te Kāhui o Matariki Public Holiday Act 2022, following the Māori lunar calendar.
In 2035, Matariki falls on Friday 29 June 2035 in New Zealand. It is a Friday, so it gives at least a three-day weekend. The 2035 date for New Zealand is provisional – calculated from the rule, because the official calendar for that year is not published yet. For comparison, the 2034 date was Friday 7 July 2034.
Dates in 2035
Friday 29 June 2035
- New Zealand
provisional – calculated from the rule
About Matariki
Matariki is the Māori New Year, marked by the rising of the Matariki star cluster (the Pleiades) in midwinter. It became a New Zealand public holiday under the Te Kāhui o Matariki Public Holiday Act 2022 and was first observed on 24 June 2022.
Its date follows the Māori lunar calendar, so it moves between late June and mid-July. The Act does not give a formula: a schedule fixes the date for each year from 2022 to 2052, as recommended by the Matariki Advisory Group, and every date is a Friday. The holiday therefore always gives a three-day weekend and never falls on a Saturday or Sunday, so it never needs a substitute day.
Matariki is the only New Zealand public holiday set by a table rather than a fixed date or a weekday rule. It is a national holiday, counted in the New Zealand working-day totals on this site, and it is the only public holiday between King's Birthday in early June and Labour Day in late October.