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Summary of Cook Islands events 2025

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PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
Every Sunday
Good Friday and Easter Monday
Christmas Day and Boxing Day
New Year's Day and 2nd January
Anzac Day, 25th April each year
King's Birthday (HM King Charles III): first Monday in June
Not Palmerston which has its own public holidays
Ra O Te Ui Ariki (The Day of the Council of High Chiefs): first Friday in July
Constitution Day - 4th August
National Gospel Day - 26th October

Where a public holiday (other than Sunday itself and Anzac Day) falls on a Sunday, the following Monday will be the public holiday

GOSPEL DAYS
These are also holidays local to each of the islands to celebrate the arrival of Christianity. And its not just church services...all kinds of special events are held and there's much partying and feasting. The days are organised by the Christian Church in the Cook Islands (CICC) and are on different dates on each island

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