Key notes:
- WWI celebrations were spontaneous, varied, and outside of legislation. Based on historical records we found, the Government made suggestions for three half days off for each surrender (Bulgaria, Turkey, Austro-Hungarian), and one full day after Armistice Day when Germany finally surrendered.
- We could not find any evidence of public holidays for the ends of other wars over this time period.
- We could not find any evidence of public holidays for the deaths of previous British Monarchs over this time. This included:
- King George VI – died 6th February 1952 (15-year reign)
- King Edward VIII – died 28th May 1972 (1-year reign)
- King George V – died 20th January 1936 (25-year reign)
- King Edward VII – died 6th May 1910 (9-year reign)
- Queen Victoria – died 22nd January 1901 (63-year reign)
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Key questions
- Did we miss any one-off public holidays in the last 122 years that you know about?
- Do you think the Government made the right decision on a one-off holiday after Queen Elizabeth’s death?
- Do you think it’s fair for employers to pay for it?
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Have your say
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Other notes:
- All publicly available one-off holidays that we could find have been published.
- If we made a mistake, please let us know and we will update this page.
Thank you to Roy Morgan and the Factors who helped pull this together.
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SOURCES:
- https://teara.govt.nz/en/public-holidays/print
- https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/1919-peace-celebrations/plans, https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/1919-peace-celebrations/days, https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/armistice-day, and https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/armistice-day/pre-armistice-surrenders
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_monarchs
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