The following are public holidays in the Cook Islands as prescribed by the Public Holidays Act in 1999.[1][2] Each Sunday is also a public holiday, as most Cook Islanders follow the Christian religion, with over half of the population registered as members of the Cook Islands Christian Church.
Date
Name
Remarks
1 January
New Year's Day
2 January
Day after New Year's Day
25 April
Anzac Day
moveable
Good Friday
moveable
Easter Monday
First Monday in June
King's Birthday
Celebrated on the same day as New Zealand celebrates the holiday.
First Friday in July
Ra o te Ui Ariki
4 August
Constitution Day
This marks the date in 1965, when this event was first celebrated.[3]
26 October
Gospel Day
Christianity was first brought to the islands in the 1820s by John Williams of the London Missionary Society.
25 December
Christmas Day
26 December
Boxing Day
Also, the regions observe the following regional holidays. Most of the populated islands celebrate their own Gospel Days:[4]
Date
Atoll/Island
Name
13 March
Penrhyn Island
Penrhyn Gospel Day
25 May
Palmerston Island
Palmerston Gospel Day
15 June
Mangaia
Mangaia Gospel Day
20 July
Atiu
Atiu Gospel Day
21 July
Mitiaro
Mitiaro Gospel Day
25 July
Rarotonga
Rarotonga Gospel Day
8 August
Manihiki
Manihiki Gospel Day
15 August
Rakahanga
Rakahanga Gospel Day
27 October
Aitutaki
Aitutaki Gospel Day
8 December
Pukapuka
Pukapuka Gospel Day
^Cook Islands Government PDF of national holidays Archived 26 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^Cook Islands Prime Minister's clarification of public holidays Archived 26 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^"Creation of a nation – the Cook Islands story".
^Gospel Day Information
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