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
- Bowel Cancer Awareness Month 1 to 30 June 2033
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Wednesday 1 June 2033
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Samoa Language Week
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.
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Samoa Language Week
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Sunday 5 June 2033
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Arbor Day (New Zealand)
Arbor Day in New Zealand falls on 5 June each year and marks the start of the tree planting season.
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World Environment Day
The United Nations day on 5 June for action to protect the environment, with a different host country and theme each year.
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Arbor Day (New Zealand)
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Monday 6 June 2033
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King's Birthday (New Zealand)
New Zealand public holiday marking the sovereign's official birthday, held on the first Monday in June.
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King's Birthday (New Zealand)
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Monday 13 June 2033
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Men's Health Week
A week in June ending on Father's Day that raises awareness of health problems affecting men and boys.
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National Blood Donor Week (New Zealand)
A June week when the New Zealand Blood Service thanks donors and recruits new ones, running around World Blood Donor Day.
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Men's Health Week
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Monday 20 June 2033
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Coeliac Awareness Week (New Zealand)
Coeliac New Zealand's June week calling for better understanding and earlier diagnosis of coeliac disease, held 15 to 21 June in 2026.
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Coeliac Awareness Week (New Zealand)
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Friday 24 June 2033
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Bandanna Day (New Zealand)
Canteen Aotearoa's appeal on the last Friday of June, when people buy and wear bandannas to support young people affected by cancer.
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Matariki public holiday (Te Rā Aro ki a Matariki)
New Zealand public holiday marking the Māori new year with the rising of the Matariki star cluster; Friday 25 June in 2027.
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Bandanna Day (New Zealand)
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Saturday 25 June 2033
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Korean War Commemoration (New Zealand)
Annual national ceremony on 25 June at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park remembering New Zealanders who served in the Korean War.
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New Zealand Garden Bird Survey
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.
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Korean War Commemoration (New Zealand)
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Monday 27 June 2033
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New Zealand Chinese Language Week
New Zealand Chinese Language Week encourages New Zealanders to learn some Mandarin and explore Chinese culture, held over a week in midyear.
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New Zealand Chinese Language Week

