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2024 School Terms and Holidays
TERM 1 | |
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Number of weeks | 10 |
Term start and end dates | Starts between Monday 29th January (at the earliest); and Wednesday 7 February (at the latest), and ends Friday 12 April (90-102 half-days) |
Public holidays | Waitangi Day Tuesday 6 February, and Easter: Good Friday, Easter Monday and Easter Tuesday |
School holidays | Saturday 13 April to Sunday 28 April (Good Friday – 29 March, Easter Monday – 1 April and Easter Tuesday – 2 April (a school holiday) |
TERM 2 | |
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Number of weeks | 10 |
Term start and end dates | Monday 29 April to Friday 5 July (96 half-days) |
Public holidays | Anzac Day – Thursday 25 April and King’s Birthday – Monday 3 June - Matariki Friday 28 June |
School holidays | Saturday 6 July to Sunday 21 July |
TERM 3 | |
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Number of weeks | 10 |
Term start and end dates | Monday 22 July to Friday 27 September (100 half-days) |
Public holidays | None |
School holidays | Saturday 28 September to Sunday 13 October |
TERM 4 | |
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Number of weeks | 10 |
Term start and end dates | Starts Monday 14 October, and ends no later than Friday 20 December (up to 98 half-days)* |
Public holidays | Labour Day – Monday 28 October, Christmas Day – Wednesday 25 December, Boxing Day – Thursday 26 December and New Year's Day – Wednesday 1 January 2025 |
School holidays | 5-6 weeks (from school’s closing day until the opening date the following year). |
* For primary, intermediate and special schools: or to a day in December which ensures that the school has been open for instruction for a minimum of 384 half-days in 2024.
For secondary and composite schools: or to a day in December which ensures that
the school has been open for instruction for 380
half-days in 2024.
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