List of unofficial observances in New Zealand

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Apart from the public holidays in New Zealand, usually celebrated by a paid day off work, there are a number of unofficial observances in New Zealand that are celebrated for days, weeks or months.

Days[]

  • Chinese New Years in January/February (varies)
  • Sleep Apnea Awareness Day 5 May [1]
  • World Sleep Day 15 March [2]
  • Valentine's Day 14 February
  • Children's Day first Sunday in March
  • International Women's Day 8 March
  • Walk To Work Day 10 March
  • St Patrick's Day 17 March
  • Race Relations Day 22 March
  • April Fools' Day 1 April
  • World Book Day 23 April
  • J Day 3 May
  • Mother's Day second Sunday in May
  • World No Tobacco Day 31 May
  • Eid al-Fitr Moon-sighting (varies)[3]
  • Matariki in June or July (varies)
  • World Refugee Day 20 June
  • Shades for Migraine 21 June
  • National Disco Day 2 July
  • International Day of Indigenous People 9 August
  • World Youth Day 12 August
  • Cancer Society Daffodil Day last Friday of August
  • Random Acts of Kindness Day 1 September[4]
  • Father's Day first Sunday in September[5]
  • eDay 12 September[6]
  • Loud Shirt Day 17 September[7]
  • International Talk Like a Pirate Day 19 September
  • Breast Cancer “Pink Ribbon” Day 8 October
  • World Stroke Day – 29 October (Coordinated collaboratively by World Stroke Organisation and Stroke Central Region).
  • Halloween 31 October
  • Diwali 3 November
  • Guy Fawkes 5 November
  • World day for the Prevention of Abuse and Violence Against Children Day 19 November
  • “White Ribbon Day” for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25 November
  • Aids Foundation “Red Ribbon Day” 1 December
  • Crate Day, first Saturday of December[8]
  • International Day of Disabled Persons 3 December
  • World Volunteers Day 5 December
  • World Human Rights Day 10 December

Weeks[]

NOTE: Many of these national weeks will change from year to year

  • Sleep Awareness Week [9]
  • Cloth Nappy Week April[10][11]
  • New Zealand Sign Language Week from 2 May
  • Sea Week 27 Feb to 6 March [12]
  • New Zealand Sign Language Week from 2 May
  • Coeliac Awareness Week from 18 to 24 June
  • Youth Week from 21 to 29 May
  • Samoan Language Week 30 May to 5 June
  • Teach a Kid to Sew Week 3rd week in June[13]
  • Te Wiki o te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week), typically occurring in the week which includes 14 September.
  • New Zealand Islam Awareness from 2 August
  • Mental Health Awareness Week September[14]
  • New Zealand Conservation Week 10–18 September[15]
  • National Clean Up Week 17–24 September[16]
  • New Zealand Fashion Week 21–25 September [17]
  • Grandparents Week from 27 October to 1 November[citation needed]
  • Get Outdoors Week 16–24 November
  • NZ Volunteering Week 19–25 June 2016[18]
  • NZ Flowers Week
  • Child Protection Week 5-11 September 2021

Months[]

  • 1–28 February;[19]
  • February
  • NZ Music Month May
  • Migraine Awareness Month June
  • NZ Book Month September from 2006 to 2008, October in 2009, March from 2011 to 2013 and August in 2014;[20] not held in 2015[21]
  • 1–30 September;[22]
  • Endometriosis Awareness Month March

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.sleepoz.org.au/events/sleep-apnea-awareness-day
  2. ^ https://www.sleepoz.org.au/events/world-sleep-day. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ "Eid Mubarak! Nelson Muslim community celebrates end of Ramadan". Stuff.co.nz. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Random Acts of Kindness Day – Scoop News". Scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 May 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "eDay – Cleaning up New Zealand's eWaste!". Eday.org.nz. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Loud Shirt Day – Home". Loudshirtday.co.nz. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  8. ^ McConnell, Glenn (2 December 2016). "How New Zealand's national Crate Day came to be". Stuff. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  9. ^ {{cite web|url=https://www.sleepoz.org.au/events/sleep-awareness-week}
  10. ^ https://clothnappyweek.nz/
  11. ^ "Cloth Nappy week 2021". 10 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Seaweek, New Zealand's annual national week about the sea". Seaweek.org.nz. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  13. ^ "The site you requested is not live – Website World – Free Website Builder". Sewmuchfun.co.nz. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  14. ^ "The Mental Health Foundation organises New Zealand's annual Mental Health Awareness Week under contract from the Ministry of Health". mentalhealth.org.nz. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  15. ^ (DOC), corporatename = New Zealand Department of Conservation. "Conservation Week 14–22 October 2017". Conservationweek.org.nz. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  16. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 September 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  17. ^ "Home". New Zealand Fashion Week. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  18. ^ "National Volunteer Week 2017 – Volunteering New Zealand". Volunteeringnz.org.nz. 30 October 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  19. ^ http://nzgcf.org.nz/news/tvnz-breakfast-show-ovarian-cancer-awareness-month-feb-2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  20. ^ "New Zealand Book Month". NZHistory. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  21. ^ "NZ Book Month Announcement". Booksellers New Zealand. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  22. ^ http://nzgcf.org.nz/news/press-release-september-2016-gynaecological-cancer-awareness-month. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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