Public holidays 2026 in Cook Islands
There are 12 public holidays in 2026.
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| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Local name | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | New Year's Day | |||
| Friday | Day after New Year's Day | |||
| Friday | Good Friday | |||
| Monday | Easter Monday | |||
| Saturday | ANZAC Day | Anzac Day | ||
| Monday | Sovereign's Birthday | |||
| Friday | Day of the House of Ariki | Ra o te Ui Ariki | ||
| Tuesday | Constitution Day | |||
| Monday | Cook Islands Gospel Day | |||
| Friday | Christmas Day | |||
| Saturday | Boxing Day | |||
| Monday | Boxing Day (observed) |
Days marked "observed" are substitute days off when a holiday falls on a weekend. Holidays based on a lunar calendar can shift by a day once the official announcement is made.
Long weekends 2026
9 times a public holiday lies close to a weekend – with a little leave it becomes a long weekend:
| Take leave | Off | Days of leave | Days off | Ratio | Occasion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 30 Mar, Tue 31 Mar, Wed 1 Apr, Thu 2 Apr | 28 Mar – 6 Apr 2026 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | Good Friday, Easter Monday |
| Tue 7 Apr, Wed 8 Apr, Thu 9 Apr, Fri 10 Apr | 3 Apr – 12 Apr 2026 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | Good Friday, Easter Monday |
| Tue 2 Jun, Wed 3 Jun, Thu 4 Jun, Fri 5 Jun | 30 May – 7 Jun 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Sovereign's Birthday |
| Mon 29 Jun, Tue 30 Jun, Wed 1 Jul, Thu 2 Jul | 27 Jun – 5 Jul 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Day of the House of Ariki |
| Mon 3 Aug | 1 Aug – 4 Aug 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Constitution Day |
| Wed 5 Aug, Thu 6 Aug, Fri 7 Aug | 4 Aug – 9 Aug 2026 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Constitution Day |
| Tue 27 Oct, Wed 28 Oct, Thu 29 Oct, Fri 30 Oct | 24 Oct – 1 Nov 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Cook Islands Gospel Day |
| Mon 21 Dec, Tue 22 Dec, Wed 23 Dec, Thu 24 Dec | 19 Dec – 28 Dec 2026 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Boxing Day (observed) |
| Tue 29 Dec, Wed 30 Dec, Thu 31 Dec | 25 Dec – 4 Jan 2027 | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Boxing Day (observed), New Year's Day, Day after New Year's Day, Day after New Year's Day (observed) |
Counted are gaps of up to four working days between a public holiday and the weekend or another public holiday. "Ratio" = days off per day of leave. Weekends follow the local working week.
Dates are generated from the open-source library python-holidays and automatically cross-checked against Nager.Date and the public Google Calendar holiday calendars; every holiday on a working day must be confirmed by a second source. Official announcements take precedence, especially for holidays that depend on the moon or are declared at short notice.
Sources
- Data: python-holidays 0.105 (MIT licence), country code CK (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
- Cross-check: Nager.Date public holiday API (MIT licence) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
- Cross-check: Google Calendar public holiday calendar (en.ck) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
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