2012 school terms and holidays
This page provides information on the 2012 School Terms and Holidays for State and State-Integrated primary, intermediate, secondary and composite schools. It also provides information for Anniversary Day Holidays for 2012.
2012 term dates
For primary and intermediate schools
| Term | Start date | End date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Between Monday 30 January (at the earliest); andTuesday 7 February (at the latest. |
Thursday 5 April (86-96 half-days) |
| 2 | Monday 23 April | Friday 29 June (96 half-days) |
| 3 | Monday 16 July | Friday 28 September (110 half-days) |
| 4 | Monday 15 October | No later than Thursday 20 December (96 half-days)* |
* Or to a day in December which ensures that the school has been open for instruction for 388 half-days in 2012.
For secondary and composite schools
| Term | Start date | End date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Between Monday 30 January (at the earliest); andTuesday 7 February (at the latest) |
Thursday 5 April (86-96 half-days) |
| 2 | Monday 23 April | Friday 29 June (96 half-days) |
| 3 | Monday 16 July | Friday 28 September (110 half-days) |
| 4 | Monday 15 October | Friday 14 December (88 half-days)* |
* Or to a day in December which ensures that the school has been open for instruction for 380 half-days in 2012.
2012 Holidays
Schools must be closed in 2012 on Saturdays and Sundays, and on the following days:
- New Years Day – 1 January
- Day after New Years Day – 2 January
- Waitangi Day – 6 February (Monday)
- Good Friday – 6 April
- Easter Monday – 9 April
- Day after Easter Monday – 10 April (Tuesday)
- Anzac Day – 25 April
- Queen’s Birthday – 4 June (Monday)
- Labour Day – 22 October (Monday)
- Christmas Day – 25 December
- Boxing Day – 26 December
And the relevant Anniversary Day holiday as listed below:
Anniversary Day holidays 20121
| Province2 | Includes | Actual day | Date observed in 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southland | Invercargill, Bluff, Milford Sound, Fiordland | 17 January | Monday 16 January |
| Wellington | Wellington, Manawatu, Whanganui | 22January | Monday 23 January |
| Auckland | Waikato, King Country, Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne/East Coast | 29 January | Monday 30 January |
| Northland | Whangarei | 29 January | Monday 30 January |
| Nelson | Nelson, Tasman, Buller and parts of North Canterbury | 1 February | Monday 30 January |
| Otago | Dunedin, Queenstown | 23 March | Monday 26 March |
| Taranaki (New Plymouth) | New Plymouth | 31 March | Monday 12 March |
| South Canterbury | 25 September | Monday 24 September | |
| Hawkes’ Bay | Napier, Hastings | 1 November | Friday 19 October |
| Marlborough | Blenheim, Picton | 1 November | Monday 29 October |
| Canterbury | Christchurch, Ashburton | 16 November | Friday 16 November |
| Chatham Islands | 30 November | Monday 3 December | |
| Westland | Greymouth | 1 December | Monday 3 December |
1 Provincial Anniversary Days are generally observed on the Monday nearest to the actual day.
2 Provinces relate to the former Provinces of 19th Century New Zealand and are not related to or determined by present-day Districts or Regions.
Information provided by the Department of Labour