Niue : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months
Date | Name | Kind | More |
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Monday June 6, 2022 | Queens Birthday | Secular holiday | |
Friday July 15, 2022 | Winter holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Monday August 1, 2022 | Winter holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Monday October 17, 2022 | Constitution Day | Secular holiday | |
Wednesday October 19, 2022 | Constitution Celebration | National Day | |
Friday October 21, 2022 | Mid-term holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Monday October 24, 2022 | Peniaminas Day | Secular holiday | |
Monday October 31, 2022 | Mid-term holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Friday December 2, 2022 | Summer holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Sunday December 25, 2022 | Christmas Day | Catholic or protestant | |
Monday December 26, 2022 | Boxing Day | Secular holiday | |
Tuesday December 27, 2022 | Boxing Day/Family Day | Secular holiday | |
Queens Birthday
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Monday June 6, 2022
Secular holiday : The actual birthday of the Queen is April 21, and her husband's, Prince Phillip, is June 10.
Winter holiday (beginning)
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Friday July 15, 2022
School holidays :
Winter holiday (end)
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Monday August 1, 2022
School holidays :
Constitution Day
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Monday October 17, 2022
Secular holiday :
Constitution Celebration
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Wednesday October 19, 2022
Secular holiday : Over a three day period
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Friday October 21, 2022
School holidays :
Peniaminas Day
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Monday October 24, 2022
Secular holiday : Nukai Peniamina introduced Christianity to the island in 1846.
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday October 31, 2022
School holidays :
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday December 2, 2022
School holidays :
Christmas Day
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Sunday December 25, 2022
Catholic or protestant : Since pre-historic times in Europe, festivities (bonfires, offrerings) were marking the beginning of longer hours of daylight with fires and ritual. The Roman festival of Saturnalia lasted several days in December (gambling and offerings). Germanic tribes also celebrated mid-winter (drinking and rituals). The Bulgarian (with Koleduvane) and the Polish (with Gwiazdka) perpetuate this tradition. Jesus of Nazareth was probably born in springtime (Reformists favour autumn). But in the 4th century, December 25th was chosen for the celebration of his birth by Pope Julius I (Bishop Liberus is also mentioned in 354 A.D.). Thus, a Christian element was introduced in the long-established mid-winter festivals. Before 1582, the Papal States and other Italian city states celebrated New Years Day on Christmas Day.
Boxing Day
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Monday December 26, 2022
Secular holiday :
Boxing Day/Family Day
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Tuesday December 27, 2022
Secular holiday : The day after Christmas, the Feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, is better known as Boxing Day. The term may come from the opening of church poor boxes that day; maybe from the earthenware boxes with which boy apprentices collected money at the doors of their masters' clients. "Tweede Kerstdag" applies to the Netherlands (second Christmas Day) and "Anden Juledag" to Denmark