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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September 2035

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  1. Sunday 2 September 2035

    • Father's Day

      Commercial and retail

      A day to thank dads, held on the third Sunday in June in both the UK and the USA.

    • Papua New Guinea Pidgin Language Week

      Religious and cultural2 to 8 September 2035

      A New Zealand week in early September for the Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin language, one of the Pacific Language Weeks. In 2026 it ran 6 to 12 September.

  2. Monday 3 September 2035

    • Merchant Navy Day (New Zealand)

      Awareness

      Annual national commemoration on 3 September at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park honouring merchant seafarers who served in wartime.

  3. Friday 7 September 2035

    • Bird of the Year (Te Manu Rongonui o te Tau)

      Awareness7 to 23 September 2035

      Bird of the Year is Forest and Bird's public vote for New Zealand's favourite native bird, held each September with the winner announced at the end.

  4. Friday 14 September 2035

    • Te Wiki o te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week)

      Religious and cultural14 to 20 September 2035

      Te Wiki o te Reo Māori is New Zealand's Māori Language Week, held each September from 14 September to encourage everyday use of te reo Māori.

  5. Saturday 15 September 2035

    • Keep New Zealand Beautiful Clean Up Week

      Awareness15 to 22 September 2035

      Clean Up Week is a nationwide week each September when communities, schools and businesses pick up litter, coordinated by Keep New Zealand Beautiful.

  6. Sunday 16 September 2035

  7. Wednesday 19 September 2035

    • Suffrage Day (New Zealand)

      Awareness

      Marked each year on 19 September, the anniversary of New Zealand women winning the right to vote in national elections in 1893.

  8. Saturday 29 September 2035

    • World Heart Day

      Awareness

      A global day on 29 September that raises awareness of heart disease and stroke and how to prevent them.

  9. Sunday 30 September 2035

    • Tuvalu Language Week

      Religious and cultural30 September to 6 October 2035

      A New Zealand week in late September for the Tuvaluan language, one of the Pacific Language Weeks. In 2026 it ran 27 September to 3 October.