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. Tuesday 1 June 2021

    • Samoa Language Week

      Religious and cultural30 May to 5 June 2021

      A New Zealand week in late May into early June for the Samoan language, one of the Pacific Language Weeks. In 2026 it ran 31 May to 6 June.

  2. Saturday 5 June 2021

    • Arbor Day (New Zealand)

      Awareness

      Arbor Day in New Zealand falls on 5 June each year and marks the start of the tree planting season.

    • World Environment Day

      Awareness

      The United Nations day on 5 June for action to protect the environment, with a different host country and theme each year.

  3. Monday 7 June 2021

    • King's Birthday (New Zealand)

      Public holidays

      New Zealand public holiday marking the sovereign's official birthday, held on the first Monday in June.

  4. Monday 14 June 2021

    • Men's Health Week

      Awareness14 to 20 June 2021

      A week in June ending on Father's Day that raises awareness of health problems affecting men and boys.

    • National Blood Donor Week (New Zealand)

      Awareness14 to 20 June 2021

      A June week when the New Zealand Blood Service thanks donors and recruits new ones, running around World Blood Donor Day.

  5. Monday 21 June 2021

    • Coeliac Awareness Week (New Zealand)

      Awareness21 to 27 June 2021

      Coeliac New Zealand's June week calling for better understanding and earlier diagnosis of coeliac disease, held 15 to 21 June in 2026.

  6. Friday 25 June 2021

    • Bandanna Day (New Zealand)

      Awareness

      Canteen Aotearoa's appeal on the last Friday of June, when people buy and wear bandannas to support young people affected by cancer.

    • Korean War Commemoration (New Zealand)

      Awareness

      Annual national ceremony on 25 June at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park remembering New Zealanders who served in the Korean War.

  7. Saturday 26 June 2021

    • New Zealand Garden Bird Survey

      Awareness26 June to 4 July 2021

      The New Zealand Garden Bird Survey asks people to spend an hour counting the birds in their garden or local park over nine days from late June.

  8. Monday 28 June 2021

    • New Zealand Chinese Language Week

      Awareness28 June to 4 July 2021

      New Zealand Chinese Language Week encourages New Zealanders to learn some Mandarin and explore Chinese culture, held over a week in midyear.