Public Holidays

Public Holidays



Applies to: all NLG Team Members

Public Holidays

 There are 11  Public Holidays a year which fall on days that would otherwise be working days:

  • New Years Day
  • Day After New Years
  • Provincial Anniversary Day
  • Waitangi Day
  • Good Friday
  • Easter Monday
  • Anzac Day
  • Queen's Birthday
  • Labour Day
  • Christmas Day
  • Boxing Day


Waiving Rights

Employees cannot waive their rights to such a day and these public holidays cannot be contracted out of through the payment of penal rates.

NOTE: See also policy on Recognition of Culturally and Religiously Important Days.


Working on a Public Holiday

The employee agrees to work on public holidays if required by the employer. The employer undertakes to provide the employee with as much notice as practicable of such requirement.


Mondayisation: Transfer of public holidays

If a public holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, some team members’ public holiday entitlements may be moved from the actual date of the holiday to the following Monday or Tuesday. This is known as “Mondayisation”.

The public holiday must fall on a Saturday or Sunday to be Mondayised. If a public holiday falls on a weekday, then the public holiday is not Mondayised.


Which holidays are Mondayised?

If the following public holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday then they may be transferred to the following Monday.

  • Anzac Day – 25 April
  • Waitangi Day – 6 February

If the following public holidays fall on a Saturday then they may be transferred to the following Monday. If they fall on a Sunday then they may be transferred to the following Tuesday.

  • Christmas Day – 25 December
  • Boxing Day – 26 December
  • News Year’s Day – 1 January
  • The day after News Year’s Day – 2 January

When does Mondayisation apply?

Mondayisation of a public holiday depends on whether or not the team member would have normally worked on the actual date of the holiday:

  • The holiday is Mondayised when an team member would not normally work on the actual date of the holiday. The team member gets public holiday entitlements on the following Monday or Tuesday.
  • The holiday is not Mondayised when an team member:
    • Would normally work on the actual date of the holiday. The team member gets public holiday entitlements on the actual date of the holiday.
    • Would normally work on both the actual date of the holiday and the following Monday or Tuesday. The team member does not get two holidays; they only get public holiday entitlements on the actual date of the holiday.

What are the holiday entitlements?

A team member’s holiday entitlements are different depending on whether or not they actually work on the holiday (or the day on which their holiday entitlements are transferred to):

  • If they do work on the holiday, the team member is entitled to time and a half pay and may also be entitled to an alternative holiday on another day.
  • If they do not work on the holiday, the team member is entitled to ordinary pay for the day off

Further Information

For further information on the Holidays Act or entitlements, please contact either People Support, refer to the Holidays Act itself or contact the Department of Labour.   


Taking Alternative Days

The whole holiday an employee is entitled to when they work a public holiday is known as an alternative day.  For information regarding alternative days please refer policy on Alternate Holidays. 


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