New Matariki public holiday date to move around like Easter, date for 2022 to be announced

RICKY WILSON
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will announce at Waitangi the first date for next year’s Matariki public holiday. (file)
Aotearoa’s newest public holiday will not have a fixed date every year, but shift around in the same manner as Easter, most likely shifting between June and July every year,
Stuff can reveal.
It is understood that the Government will today announce the date of the first Matariki holiday in 2022, while an expert panel has been appointed to come up with dates for the holiday for the next 30 years.
The new holiday will operate on a “moveable feast” basis, according to the newly appointed chair of the Government’s advisory group on the holiday, Dr Rangiānehu Matamua.

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