Current Date And Time In New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
21:58:42 PGT
Capital: Kavieng
Currency: Papua New Guinean Kina (PGK)
Timezone: UTC +10:00 (PGT)
Population: 214,000
Area: 9,557.00 km²
State Code: NIK
Planning business schedules or travel in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea? Here is the complete public holiday reference for New Ireland, detailing official statutory observances and bank non-working days.
Businesses, regional banks, and administrative offices across New Ireland observe statutory public holidays in accordance with national labor regulations and official government decrees. In New Ireland, statutory fixed-date public holidays (including Independence Day on September 16) mandate official non-working status for banks and government departments.
This is Papua New Guinea's national public holiday calendar — the same live calendar shown on Papua New Guinea's country-level holiday page — embedded here because public holidays are set nationally and apply uniformly across New Ireland and the rest of Papua New Guinea, not a separate New Ireland-specific calendar.
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These are Papua New Guinea's official statutory fixed-date public holidays — the same national list shown on Papua New Guinea's country holiday page — mandated by national labor law and applicable across every state and city in Papua New Guinea, including New Ireland. These non-working days apply to government administrative offices, commercial banking institutions, and schools statewide.
| Holiday Name | Fixed Date | Category | Closure Status | Official Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Day | September 16 | National Public Holiday | Full National Closure | www.pm.gov.pg |
Public offices, banks and schools throughout New Ireland close on the same fixed-date statutory holidays observed nationwide, since public holidays in Papua New Guinea are a matter of national labor law rather than state-by-state decree.
If a statutory holiday lands on a Saturday or Sunday in New Ireland, the following Monday is commonly declared a substitute non-working day by official gazette — check the live calendar above for the specific year-by-year date.
As New Ireland's capital, Kavieng observes the identical statutory calendar — there's no separate capital-city holiday list distinct from the rest of New Ireland.