Public holidays 2026 in Malaita
Malaita has 12 public holidays in 2026; 9 fall on a working day.
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| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | New Year's Day | ||
| Friday | Good Friday | ||
| Saturday | Holy Saturday | ||
| Monday | Easter Monday | ||
| Monday | Whit Monday | ||
| Friday | King's Birthday | ||
| Tuesday | Independence Day | ||
| Friday | Malaita Province Day (observed) | ||
| Saturday | Malaita Province Day | ||
| Friday | Christmas Day | ||
| Saturday | National Day of Thanksgiving | ||
| Monday | National Day of Thanksgiving (observed) |
Falling on a weekend in 2026: Holy Saturday (Saturday, 4 Apr), Malaita Province Day (Saturday, 15 Aug) and National Day of Thanksgiving (Saturday, 26 Dec).
Not a public holiday in every region, but in Malaita: Malaita Province Day (observed) and Malaita Province Day.
For comparison: in 2026 the number of public holidays ranges from 10 (Capital Territory) to 12 (Guadalcanal and Malaita). Malaita is among the regions with the most public holidays.
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.
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.
Long weekends 2026
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Jan | 1 Jan – 4 Jan 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | New Year's Day |
| Mon 30 Mar, Tue 31 Mar, Wed 1 Apr, Thu 2 Apr | 28 Mar – 6 Apr 2026 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | Good Friday, Holy Saturday, 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, Holy Saturday, Easter Monday |
| Tue 26 May, Wed 27 May, Thu 28 May, Fri 29 May | 23 May – 31 May 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Whit Monday |
| Mon 15 Jun, Tue 16 Jun, Wed 17 Jun, Thu 18 Jun | 13 Jun – 21 Jun 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | King's Birthday |
| Mon 6 Jul | 4 Jul – 7 Jul 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Independence Day |
| Wed 8 Jul, Thu 9 Jul, Fri 10 Jul | 7 Jul – 12 Jul 2026 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Independence Day |
| Mon 10 Aug, Tue 11 Aug, Wed 12 Aug, Thu 13 Aug | 8 Aug – 16 Aug 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Malaita Province Day (observed), Malaita Province Day |
| Mon 21 Dec, Tue 22 Dec, Wed 23 Dec, Thu 24 Dec | 19 Dec – 28 Dec 2026 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | Christmas Day, National Day of Thanksgiving, National Day of Thanksgiving (observed) |
| Tue 29 Dec, Wed 30 Dec, Thu 31 Dec | 25 Dec – 3 Jan 2027 | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | Christmas Day, National Day of Thanksgiving, National Day of Thanksgiving (observed), New Year's Day |
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.
Sources
- Data: python-holidays 0.105 (MIT licence), country code SB (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.sb) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
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