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)
- 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 Patricks Day 17 March
- Race Relations Day 22 March
- April Fool's 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)[1]
- Matariki in June or July (varies)
- World Refugee Day 20 June
- 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[2]
- Father's Day first Sunday in September[3]
- eDay 12 September[4]
- Loud Shirt Day 17 September[5]
- International Talk Like a Pirate Day 19 September
- Breast Cancer “Pink Ribbon” Day 8 October
- Halloween 31 October
- Diwali 3 November
- Guy Fawkes 5 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[6]
- 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
- Sea Week 27 Feb to 6 March [7]
- 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[8]
- Māori Language Week
- New Zealand Islam Awareness from 2 August
- New Zealand Conservation Week 10–18 September[9]
- National Clean Up Week 17–24 September[10]
- New Zealand Fashion Week 21–25 September [11]
- Grandparents Week from 27 October to 1 November
- NZ Volunteering Week 19-25 June 2016[12]
- NZ Flowers Week
Months
- New Zealand Book Month September from 2006 to 2008, October in 2009, March from 2011 to 2013 and August in 2014;[13] not held in 2015[14]
- New Zealand Music Month May
References
- ↑ "Eid Mubarak! Nelson Muslim community celebrates end of Ramadan". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
- ↑ "Random Acts of Kindness Day - Scoop News". Scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 May 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- ↑ "eDay - Cleaning up New Zealand's eWaste!". Eday.org.nz. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ↑ "Loud Shirt Day - Home". Loudshirtday.co.nz. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ↑ McConnell, Glenn (2 December 2016). "How New Zealand's national Crate Day came to be". Stuff. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ↑ "Seaweek, New Zealand's annual national week about the sea". Seaweek.org.nz. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ↑ "The site you requested is not live - Website World - Free Website Builder". Sewmuchfun.co.nz. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ↑ (DOC), corporatename = New Zealand Department of Conservation. "Conservation Week 14–22 October 2017". Conservationweek.org.nz. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 September 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
- ↑ "Home". New Zealand Fashion Week. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ↑ "National Volunteer Week 2017 - Volunteering New Zealand". Volunteeringnz.org.nz. 2016-10-30. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ↑ "New Zealand Book Month". NZHistory. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
- ↑ "NZ Book Month Announcement". Booksellers New Zealand. April 30, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
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