| 1 January |
New Year’s Day |
| 2 January |
Day after New Year’s Day |
| 6 January |
Ara opens at 8:30am |
| 30 January |
Open Day Semester 1 |
| 6 February |
Waitangi Day |
| 19 February |
Whakatau S1 – Woolston campus |
| 26 February |
Whakatau S1 – Madras campus |
| 5 March |
Whakatau S1 - Timaru campus |
| 19 March |
Whakatau S1 – Manawa campus |
| 24 March |
Otago Anniversary Day |
| 28 March |
Autumn Graduation |
| 18 April |
Good Friday |
| 21 April |
Easter Monday |
| 22 April |
Easter Tuesday |
| 25 April |
Anzac Day |
| 2 June |
King's Birthday |
| 20 June |
Matariki |
| 22 September |
South Canterbury Anniversary Day |
| 27 October |
Labour Day |
| 14 November |
Canterbury Anniversary Day |
| 19 December |
Ara closes |
| 25 December |
Christmas Day |
| 26 December |
Boxing Day |
| 27 December |
Day After Boxing Day |