New Zealand awareness days and key dates

Awareness days, weeks and months, with bank holidays and the big commercial dates. Pick a country and the types you need, then subscribe in your own calendar.

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  1. Sunday 1 March 2020

    • Seaweek (Kaupapa Moana)

      Awareness29 February to 8 March 2020

      Seaweek is New Zealand's national week of events celebrating the sea, held over nine days in late February and early March.

    • Children's Day (Te Rā o ngā Tamariki)

      Awareness

      Children's Day in New Zealand falls on the first Sunday of March and celebrates children with family friendly community events.

  2. Tuesday 3 March 2020

    • World Wildlife Day

      Awareness

      World Wildlife Day on 3 March celebrates wild plants and animals and highlights the need to tackle wildlife crime and species loss.

  3. Sunday 8 March 2020

    • International Women's Day

      Awareness

      A global day on 8 March celebrating women's achievements and pushing for gender equality.

  4. Saturday 14 March 2020

    • Pasifika Festival (Auckland)

      Religious and cultural14 to 15 March 2020

      A free two day celebration of Pacific Island cultures held at Western Springs Park in Auckland, usually in March; the 2026 festival was on 14 and 15 March.

  5. Wednesday 18 March 2020

    • ASB Polyfest

      Religious and cultural18 to 21 March 2020

      Auckland's secondary schools Māori and Pacific cultural festival, where school groups perform on cultural stages over several days each March.

  6. Friday 20 March 2020

    • Little Heart Day

      Awareness

      Heart Kids NZ's annual appeal in March for children with heart conditions, held on Friday 20 March in 2026.

  7. Saturday 21 March 2020

  8. Thursday 26 March 2020

    • Purple Day

      Awareness

      An international epilepsy awareness day on 26 March, when people wear purple and hold events to support those living with epilepsy.