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Departmental
Notice Title

Mid-Term Dates for Schools Implementing Cohort Entry Policy 2021–2022

2021 Mid-Term Dates for Schools Implementing Cohort Entry Policy

Under section 5B(3) of the Education Act 1989, I prescribe the mid-term dates for the 2021 school year as:

Term Start of term date Mid-term date End of term date
1 9/02/2021 15/03/2021 16/04/2021
2 3/05/2021 8/06/2021 (Tuesday) 9/07/2021
3 26/07/2021 30/08/2021 1/10/2021
4 18/10/2021 15/11/2021 20/12/2021


2022 Mid-Term Dates for Schools Implementing Cohort Entry Policy

Under section 5B(3) of the Education Act 1989, I prescribe the mid-term dates for the 2022 school year as:

Term Start of term date Mid-term date End of term date
1 8/02/2022 14/03/2022 14/04/2022
2 2/05/2022 7/06/2022 (Tuesday) 8/07/2022
3 25/07/2022 29/08/2022 30/09/2022
4 17/10/2022 21/11/2022 20/12/2022


The mid-term dates have been prescribed to determine when new entrants can start school under a cohort entry policy.

This notice takes effect on the date of publication.

Dated at Wellington this 30th day of June 2020.

Hon CHRIS HIPKINS, Minister of Education.