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 2047

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  1. Sunday 1 September 2047

    • Blue September

      Awareness1 to 30 September 2047

      The Prostate Cancer Foundation of New Zealand's September campaign raising awareness and funds for men affected by prostate cancer.

    • Blue September (New Zealand)

      Awareness1 to 30 September 2047

      Blue September is an annual New Zealand campaign every September that raises awareness of prostate cancer and funds for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of New Zealand.

    • Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

      Awareness1 to 30 September 2047

      Held every September to raise awareness of cancer in children and young people, with the gold ribbon as its symbol.

    • 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.

    • Gynae Cancer Awareness Month

      Awareness1 to 30 September 2047

      Gynae Cancer Awareness Month takes place every September to raise awareness of the five gynaecological cancers and their symptoms.

    • Papua New Guinea Pidgin Language Week

      Religious and cultural1 to 7 September 2047

      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.

    • World Alzheimer's Month

      Awareness1 to 30 September 2047

      A global campaign held every September to raise awareness of dementia and challenge the stigma around it.

  2. Tuesday 3 September 2047

    • 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 6 September 2047

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

      Awareness6 to 22 September 2047

      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. Saturday 14 September 2047

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

      Religious and cultural14 to 20 September 2047

      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. Monday 16 September 2047

  6. Wednesday 18 September 2047

    • SPCA Cupcake Day

      Fun and quirky

      SPCA Cupcake Day is a New Zealand fundraiser where people bake and sell cupcakes to raise money for animals in SPCA care.

  7. Thursday 19 September 2047

    • 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 21 September 2047

    • Keep New Zealand Beautiful Clean Up Week

      Awareness21 to 28 September 2047

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

  9. Sunday 29 September 2047

    • Tuvalu Language Week

      Religious and cultural29 September to 5 October 2047

      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.

    • World Heart Day

      Awareness

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