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Bridge days 2026: New Zealand
Public holidays in 2026: 11. Booked around the right ones, a few days of leave become week-long breaks. Here are the bridges worth taking, ranked by return: how many days off each booked day buys you.
The best bridges of 2026
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December 25, 2025 to January 04, 2026
11 days off in a row · book 3 leave days: Dec 29, Dec 30, and Dec 31
Includes: Christmas Day · Boxing Day · New Year's Day · Day after New Year's Day
×3.7 return -
January 31, 2026 to February 08, 2026
9 days off in a row · book 4 leave days: Feb 02, Feb 03, Feb 04, and Feb 05
Includes: Waitangi Day
×2.3 return -
March 28, 2026 to April 06, 2026
10 days off in a row · book 4 leave days: Mar 30, Mar 31, Apr 01, and Apr 02
Includes: Good Friday · Easter Monday
×2.5 return -
April 25, 2026 to May 03, 2026
9 days off in a row · book 4 leave days: Apr 28, Apr 29, Apr 30, and May 01
Includes: ANZAC Day
×2.3 return -
May 30, 2026 to June 07, 2026
9 days off in a row · book 4 leave days: Jun 02, Jun 03, Jun 04, and Jun 05
Includes: King's Birthday
×2.3 return -
July 04, 2026 to July 12, 2026
9 days off in a row · book 4 leave days: Jul 06, Jul 07, Jul 08, and Jul 09
Includes: Matariki
×2.3 return -
October 24, 2026 to November 01, 2026
9 days off in a row · book 4 leave days: Oct 27, Oct 28, Oct 29, and Oct 30
Includes: Labour Day
×2.3 return -
December 25, 2026 to January 04, 2027
11 days off in a row · book 3 leave days: Dec 29, Dec 30, and Dec 31
Includes: Christmas Day · Boxing Day · New Year's Day · Day after New Year's Day
×3.7 return
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Leave day to book Public holiday Part of the break Weekend or day off
Method: weekends and public holidays form blocks of days off; a suggestion books the working days between nearby blocks and is ranked by consecutive days off per leave day booked (substitute days included where a country observes them). Verify legally sensitive dates with official sources.
Public holidays 2026: New Zealand
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New Year's Day
Thursday
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Day after New Year's Day
Friday
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Waitangi Day
Friday
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Good Friday
Friday
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Easter Monday
Monday
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ANZAC Day
Monday
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King's Birthday
Monday
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Matariki
Friday
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Labour Day
Monday
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Christmas Day
Friday
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Boxing Day
Monday
Frequently asked questions
What is a bridge day?
A bridge day is a working day you book off between a public holiday and a weekend, or between two holidays. Booking it welds the days around it into one long break: when a holiday falls on a Tuesday, taking the Monday turns it into a four-day weekend for a single day of leave.
How does the planner find the best bridges?
It loads the public holidays of the selected country, maps every block of days you already have off, and finds the cheapest working days that connect those blocks. Suggestions are ranked by return: consecutive days off gained per leave day booked.
Which countries and regions are covered?
45+ countries. Where holidays differ by region (Spain, Italy, France, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia and Germany) you can pick a regional calendar, and substitute days are included where a country observes them.
I don't work Monday to Friday. Does it still work?
Yes. Change the working week in the calculator: bridges are computed from your actual days off, so part-time patterns and weekend work are handled correctly.
Is it free? What happens to my data?
Completely free, no sign-up. The calculation runs from the parameters in the address bar and nothing is stored: no account, no tracking, no personal data. That privacy-first approach is the same one behind Bueggio HR itself.
How do I stop the whole team booking the same bridge?
The best bridges are obvious, so everyone asks for the same days. Bueggio HR shows every request on a shared wall chart, routes it to the right approver and can cap how many people in a department are away on the same day.
Bridge days in other countries
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Chile
- Colombia
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Mexico
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Peru
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States
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