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. Thursday 1 July 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.

    • 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.

  2. Sunday 4 July 2021

    • Kiribati Language Week

      Religious and cultural4 to 10 July 2021

      A New Zealand week in early July for the Kiribati language, one of the Pacific Language Weeks. In 2026 it ran 5 to 11 July.

  3. Monday 19 July 2021

    • Eye Tissue Donation Awareness Week

      Awareness19 to 23 July 2021

      Organ Donation New Zealand's July week explaining eye and corneal tissue donation, held 21 to 25 July in 2025.

  4. Sunday 25 July 2021

    • Vanuatu Bislama Language Week

      Religious and cultural25 to 31 July 2021

      A New Zealand week in late July for the Vanuatu Bislama language, one of the Pacific Language Weeks. In 2026 it ran 26 July to 1 August.

    • World Drowning Prevention Day

      Awareness

      World Drowning Prevention Day on 25 July highlights the toll of drowning on families and communities and promotes ways to prevent it.

  5. Monday 26 July 2021

    • Biosecurity Week (New Zealand)

      Awareness26 July to 1 August 2021

      Biosecurity Week in New Zealand falls in the final week of July and highlights the work protecting the country from pests and diseases.

  6. Friday 30 July 2021

    • Red Nose Day (New Zealand)

      Awareness

      Cure Kids' annual appeal for child health research, held in late July with red noses, school events and fundraising.

  7. Saturday 31 July 2021

    • World Ranger Day

      Awareness

      Held on 31 July, World Ranger Day honours rangers killed or injured on duty and recognises their work protecting nature and cultural heritage.