May 2026 Calendar with Holidays

April Fool's Day		Wed 1
Holy Thursday/ Maundy Thursday		Thu 2
World Autism Awareness Day		Thu 2
Good Friday		Fri 3
Easter Saturday		Sat 4
International Mine Awareness Day		Sat 4
Daylight Savings Ends		Sun 5
Easter Monday		Mon 6
Int'l. Day of Sport for Development & Peace		Mon 6
Southland Anniversary		Tue 7
Int'l. Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda		Tue 7
International Day of Human Space Flight		Sun 12
World Creativity and Innovation Day		Tue 21
Earth Day		Wed 22
English Language Day		Thu 23
International Girls in ICT Day		Thu 23
Spanish Language Day		Thu 23
World Book and Copyright Day		Thu 23
Int'l. Day of Multilateralism & Diplomacy for Peace		Fri 24
Anzac Day		Sat 25
International Delegate's Day		Sat 25
Int'l. Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day		Sun 26
World Intellectual Property Day		Sun 26
Anzac Day - Observed		Mon 27
World Day for Safety and Health at Work		Tue 28
International Jazz Day		Thu 30

May Day		Fri 1
World Tuna Day		Sat 2
World Press Freedom Day		Sun 3
Time of Remembrance & Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives During the 2nd World War		Fri 8
World Migratory Bird Day		Sat 9
Mother's Day		Sun 10
Ascension		Thu 14
International Day of Families		Fri 15
Pink Shirt Day		Fri 15
International Day of Light		Sat 16
Int'l. Day of Living Together in Peace		Sat 16
World Telecommunication & Information Society Day		Sun 17
World Bee Day		Wed 20
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue & Development		Thu 21
International Day for Biological Diversity		Fri 22
Voyager Media Awards		Fri 22
International Day to End Obstetric Fistula		Sat 23
Pentecost		Sun 24
Whit Monday (Pentecost Monday)		Mon 25
International Day of UN Peacekeepers		Fri 29
Vesak Day		Sun 31
World No Tobacco Day		Sun 31

King's Birthday		Mon 1
Beginning of Winter		Mon 1
Global Day of Parents		Mon 1
World Milk Day		Mon 1
World Bicycle Day		Wed 3
Int'l. Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression		Thu 4
Int'l. Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported & Unregulated Fishing		Fri 5
World Environment Day		Fri 5
World Food Safety Day		Sun 7
National Best Friend Day		Mon 8
World Oceans Day		Mon 8
World Day Against Child Labour		Fri 12
International Albinism Awareness Day		Sat 13
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day		Mon 15
International Day of Family Remittances		Tue 16
World Day to Combat Desertification & Drought		Wed 17
Sustainable Gastronomy Day		Thu 18
Int'l. Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict		Fri 19
World Refugee Day		Sat 20
Int'l. Day of the Celebration of the Solstice		Sun 21
International Day of Yoga		Sun 21
International Widows' Day		Tue 23
United Nations Public Service Day		Tue 23
Saint John the Baptist		Wed 24
Day of the Seafarer		Thu 25
Int'l. Day against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking		Fri 26
United Nations Int'l. Day in Support of Victims of Torture		Fri 26
Micro, Small & Medium-sized Enterprises Day		Sat 27
Saint Peter & Saint Paul		Mon 29
International Day of the Tropics		Mon 29
International Asteroid Day		Tue 30
International Day of Parliamentarism		Tue 30

May 2026 Holidays - New Zealand:ℹ