{"id":3820,"date":"2025-07-30T00:25:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T00:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalcollege.ac.nz\/handbook\/?page_id=3820"},"modified":"2025-07-30T01:10:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T01:10:56","slug":"student-leave-for-cultural-and-religious-holiday-leave-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/internationalcollege.ac.nz\/handbook\/home\/student-leave-for-cultural-and-religious-holiday-leave-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Leave for Cultural and Religious Holiday Leave Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3820\" class=\"elementor elementor-3820\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-231c347 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"231c347\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7afd55a\" data-id=\"7afd55a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1634929 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1634929\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The UP International College values the cultural diversity of our student community and respects the significance of international traditions. However, as a student in New Zealand, you are expected to observe the local public holiday calendar.<\/p><p>Leave will not be approved for non-New Zealand public holidays (e.g., Lunar New Year, Eid, etc.). While we respect these occasions, attendance in scheduled classes is compulsory.<\/p><p><strong>Please note:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Absences for these holidays will be marked as non-attendance.<\/li><li>Such absences may negatively affect your attendance record and impact your visa and academic standing.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a4d682 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a4d682\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Students are encouraged to celebrate their cultural events outside of class hours, and we welcome cultural activities within the campus community.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UP International College values the cultural diversity of our student community and respects the significance of international traditions. However, as a student in New Zealand, you are expected to observe the local public holiday calendar. Leave will not be approved for non-New Zealand public holidays (e.g., Lunar New Year, Eid, etc.). While we respect [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":200,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3820","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalcollege.ac.nz\/handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalcollege.ac.nz\/handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalcollege.ac.nz\/handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalcollege.ac.nz\/handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalcollege.ac.nz\/handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3820"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/internationalcollege.ac.nz\/handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3848,"href":"https:\/\/internationalcollege.ac.nz\/handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3820\/revisions\/3848"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalcollege.ac.nz\/handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalcollege.ac.nz\/handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}