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Otago Anniversary Day

Employment New Zealand’s 2026 table gives 23 March for both Otago’s actual anniversary and observed date.

Date / ruleObserved Monday 23 March 2026; actual anniversary 23 March
ScopeOtago, New Zealand / Employment New Zealand 2026 guidance
VerificationGovernment Current Guidance Verified
PortabilityEdition Specific
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-08
Target-year policyRefresh Edition
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is Otago Anniversary Day?

Employment New Zealand’s 2026 table gives 23 March for both Otago’s actual anniversary and observed date.

Date and recurrence

Observed Monday 23 March 2026; actual anniversary 23 March

The stored date is verified for a specific edition only. It is not projected into another year without a fresh authoritative source.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is Otago, New Zealand / Employment New Zealand 2026 guidance. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Classification

Topic and context

Civic, Remembrance & History →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
  • Remembrance Civic Context Care.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. Employment New Zealand — public holidays and anniversary datesNew Zealand Government
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Otago Anniversary Day?

Observed Monday 23 March 2026; actual anniversary 23 March The stored recurrence guidance is: Refresh the authoritative target-year edition/schedule; current stored evidence: Observed Monday 23 March 2026; actual anniversary 23 March.

Does Otago Anniversary Day fall on the same date every year?

No. The stored date is edition-specific and must be refreshed for another year.

Is Otago Anniversary Day an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: Otago, New Zealand / Employment New Zealand 2026 guidance. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes Otago Anniversary Day?

The stored designation basis is: Employment New Zealand’s 2026 table gives 23 March for both Otago’s actual anniversary and observed date.. Supporting provenance includes Employment New Zealand — public holidays and anniversary dates. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Otago Anniversary Day international or country-specific?

This authority record is country-scoped to New Zealand. Its fuller verified scope is: Otago, New Zealand / Employment New Zealand 2026 guidance.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-08.

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