Canterbury Anniversary Day in New Zealand
Canterbury Anniversary Day in New Zealand is held on November 15. Date for 2024. Holiday is actually the 16th of December but it is observed on the second Friday after the first Tuesday in November. This is also Christchurch Show Day. Canterbury Anniversary applies to the North and Central Canterbury Regions which include Christchurch and Ashburton. This event in the second decade of the month November is annual. 
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The public holiday was originally held on or around 15 December, the anniversary day of the old Canterbury province marking the arrival of the First Four Ships. It was moved to the Friday of Show Week sometime between 1955 and 1958.
Canterbury Anniversary Day is a public holiday held annually on the second Friday following the first Tuesday of November, in New Zealand's Canterbury Region of the South Island. It commemorates the founding of the Canterbury Region and events are held across it, but majority of the celebrations take place in Christchurch. Christchurch is one of the largest cities in New Zealand and it is the largest city located on the country's South Island.
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