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.
Showing only days marked in New Zealand. Tick "Include international days" to add worldwide days.
Running all month
- Brain Injury Awareness Month (New Zealand) 1 to 31 March 2021
- Endometriosis Action Month 1 to 31 March 2021
- Kidney Awareness Month (New Zealand) 1 to 31 March 2021
- Neighbours Aotearoa 1 to 31 March 2021
- Whio Awareness Month 1 to 31 March 2021
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Wednesday 3 March 2021
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World Wildlife Day
World Wildlife Day on 3 March celebrates wild plants and animals and highlights the need to tackle wildlife crime and species loss.
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World Wildlife Day
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Saturday 6 March 2021
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Seaweek (Kaupapa Moana)
Seaweek is New Zealand's national week of events celebrating the sea, held over nine days in late February and early March.
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Seaweek (Kaupapa Moana)
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Sunday 7 March 2021
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Children's Day (Te Rā o ngā Tamariki)
Children's Day in New Zealand falls on the first Sunday of March and celebrates children with family friendly community events.
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Children's Day (Te Rā o ngā Tamariki)
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Monday 8 March 2021
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International Women's Day
A global day on 8 March celebrating women's achievements and pushing for gender equality.
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International Women's Day
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Saturday 13 March 2021
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Pasifika Festival (Auckland)
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.
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Pasifika Festival (Auckland)
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Wednesday 17 March 2021
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ASB Polyfest
Auckland's secondary schools Māori and Pacific cultural festival, where school groups perform on cultural stages over several days each March.
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ASB Polyfest
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Friday 19 March 2021
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Little Heart Day
Heart Kids NZ's annual appeal in March for children with heart conditions, held on Friday 20 March in 2026.
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Little Heart Day
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Sunday 21 March 2021
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International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
On 21 March the UN calls for action against racism, marking the anniversary of the 1960 Sharpeville massacre in South Africa.
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Race Relations Day (New Zealand)
Race Relations Day is marked in New Zealand every 21 March, the same day as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
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International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
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Friday 26 March 2021
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Purple Day
An international epilepsy awareness day on 26 March, when people wear purple and hold events to support those living with epilepsy.
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Purple Day

