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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Running all month

  1. Thursday 1 May 2036

    • Organic Week (New Zealand)

      Awareness1 to 10 May 2036

      Organic Week in New Zealand is held in early May with events and talks on organic food, soil health and growing.

  2. Monday 5 May 2036

    • New Zealand Sign Language Week

      Awareness5 to 11 May 2036

      A week in May celebrating New Zealand Sign Language, one of the country's official languages, held 4 to 10 May in 2026.

    • Road Safety Week (New Zealand)

      Awareness5 to 11 May 2036

      Road Safety Week in New Zealand is held each May, urging everyone to act as road safety heroes and reduce deaths and injuries.

  3. Sunday 11 May 2036

    • Mother's Day

      Commercial and retail

      A day to thank mums. In the UK it is Mothering Sunday, three weeks before Easter Sunday. In the USA it is the second Sunday in May.

    • Rotuman Language Week

      Religious and cultural11 to 17 May 2036

      A New Zealand week in mid May for the Rotuman language, one of the Pacific Language Weeks. In 2026 it ran 10 to 16 May.

  4. Monday 12 May 2036

    • Hospice Awareness Week (New Zealand)

      Awareness12 to 18 May 2036

      A week in May when hospices across New Zealand explain their free palliative care and thank supporters, held 11 to 17 May in 2026.

  5. Friday 16 May 2036

    • Pink Shirt Day (New Zealand)

      Awareness

      A day in May when New Zealanders wear pink to stand against bullying and promote kindness in schools, workplaces and communities.

  6. Monday 19 May 2036

    • Youth Week (New Zealand)

      Awareness19 to 25 May 2036

      Youth Week in New Zealand is a May week of youth led events celebrating young people and their contribution to communities.

  7. Thursday 22 May 2036

  8. Sunday 25 May 2036

    • Samoa Language Week

      Religious and cultural25 to 31 May 2036

      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.