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. Saturday 1 June 2024

    • Samoa Language Week

      Religious and cultural26 May to 1 June 2024

      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. Monday 3 June 2024

    • King's Birthday (New Zealand)

      Public holidays

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

  3. Wednesday 5 June 2024

    • 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.

  4. Monday 10 June 2024

    • Men's Health Week

      Awareness10 to 16 June 2024

      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)

      Awareness10 to 16 June 2024

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

  5. Monday 17 June 2024

    • Coeliac Awareness Week (New Zealand)

      Awareness17 to 23 June 2024

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

  6. Monday 24 June 2024

    • New Zealand Chinese Language Week

      Awareness24 to 30 June 2024

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

  7. Tuesday 25 June 2024

  8. Friday 28 June 2024

    • 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.

  9. Saturday 29 June 2024

    • New Zealand Garden Bird Survey

      Awareness29 June to 7 July 2024

      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.