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NZ Working Day Calculator
The right deadline. First time.
Count NZ working days with national public holidays, regional anniversary days, and the shutdown options that often change real deadline runs.
Built for legal, property, payroll, and operations teams who need visible counting assumptions.
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NZ Working Day Calculator
Count working days between two dates, or add or subtract days to find a date. Choose your region and any shutdown periods that apply.
Count working days in New Zealand
Find the number of working days between two dates, or work out a date by adding or subtracting days.
Choose the region whose public holidays and anniversary day you need, and add a shutdown period if it applies.
Check your starting date and counting rules against the contract, law or court rules that apply. This calculator does not provide legal advice.
Choose how to count the days
Count working days or calendar days, and choose whether to include the start and end dates. The results show which days were counted and which were left out.
For a deadline with several stages, calculate linked periods so each end date becomes the next start date. Check that each stage starts on the right date for your situation.
What you can do with the calculator
Find the number of working days or calendar days between two dates, using your chosen holidays and shutdown periods.
Choose whether to count the start and end dates. The guide explains which settings to use for the wording in section 54 of the Legislation Act.
Choose the regional anniversary day you need, or combine regions for planning across locations.
Includes New Zealand public holidays and substitute days when holidays fall on weekends.
Leave out a summer shutdown period when your contract or legal rules require it. The guide explains the available options for property, construction, court and resource consent deadlines.
Calculate linked periods so each end date becomes the next start date. Useful for transactions, approvals and projects with several stages.
Count every day, including weekends and public holidays, when your deadline uses calendar days.
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Working Day Calculations For New Zealand
WorkingDayCalculator.nz helps you count NZ working days using public holidays, regional anniversary days, and optional shutdown periods, with clear visibility over the assumptions applied.
Use it to calculate deadline dates, compare counting methods, and review excluded dates for legal, property, operational, and project-planning purposes.
Learn more about our methodology, data sources, and publisher, or explore real-world use cases.
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