List of unofficial observances in New Zealand

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

Premature awareness Day 17 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]
  • New Zealand Chinese Language Week, typically occurring in the third or fourth week of September
  • Grandparents Week from 27 October to 1 November [18]
  • Get Outdoors Week 16–24 November
  • NZ Volunteering Week 19–25 June 2016[19]
  • NZ Flowers Week
  • Child Protection Week 5–11 September 2021

Months
  • Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month 1–28 February;[20]
  • New Zealand Bike to Work month - 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;[21] not held in 2015[22]
  • Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month 1–30 September;[23]
  • Endometriosis Awareness Month March
  • Movember Month November

References
  1. "Sleep Disorders Australia :: Sleep Apnea Awareness Day". www.sleepoz.org.au. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018.
  2. "World Sleep Day 2019". Archived from the original on 18 April 2019.
  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.{{cite web}}: 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. https://www.sleepoz.org.au/events/sleep-awareness-week. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  17. "Home". New Zealand Fashion Week. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  18. "National Grandparents Week Enters Second Year". Scoop. 1 October 2003. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  19. "National Volunteer Week 2017 – Volunteering New Zealand". Volunteeringnz.org.nz. 30 October 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  20. "Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month Help Stop Women Dying Too Young". Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  21. "New Zealand Book Month". NZHistory. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  22. "NZ Book Month Announcement". Booksellers New Zealand. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  23. "New Zealand Gynaecological Cancer Month". 30 August 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
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