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 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)[3]
  • 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[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]
  • New Zealand Sign Language Week from 2 May
  • Sea Week 27 Feb to 6 March [10]
  • 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[11]
  • Māori Language Week
  • New Zealand Islam Awareness from 2 August
  • Mental Health Awareness Week September[12]
  • New Zealand Conservation Week 10–18 September[13]
  • National Clean Up Week 17–24 September[14]
  • New Zealand Fashion Week 21–25 September [15]
  • Grandparents Week from 27 October to 1 November
  • Get Outdoors Week 16–24 November
  • NZ Volunteering Week 19–25 June 2016[16]
  • NZ Flowers Week

Months
  • Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month 1–28 February;[17]
  • New Zealand Music Month May
  • New Zealand Book Month September from 2006 to 2008, October in 2009, March from 2011 to 2013 and August in 2014;[18] not held in 2015[19]
  • Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month 1–30 September;[20]

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. 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. "Seaweek, New Zealand's annual national week about the sea". Seaweek.org.nz. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  11. "The site you requested is not live – Website World – Free Website Builder". Sewmuchfun.co.nz. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  12. "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.
  13. (DOC), corporatename = New Zealand Department of Conservation. "Conservation Week 14–22 October 2017". Conservationweek.org.nz. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  14. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 September 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. "Home". New Zealand Fashion Week. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  16. "National Volunteer Week 2017 – Volunteering New Zealand". Volunteeringnz.org.nz. 30 October 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  17. http://nzgcf.org.nz/news/tvnz-breakfast-show-ovarian-cancer-awareness-month-feb-2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. "New Zealand Book Month". NZHistory. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  19. "NZ Book Month Announcement". Booksellers New Zealand. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  20. http://nzgcf.org.nz/news/press-release-september-2016-gynaecological-cancer-awareness-month. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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