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 2049

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  1. Wednesday 1 September 2049

    • Blue September

      Awareness1 to 30 September 2049

      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 2049

      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 2049

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

    • Gynae Cancer Awareness Month

      Awareness1 to 30 September 2049

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

    • World Alzheimer's Month

      Awareness1 to 30 September 2049

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

  2. Friday 3 September 2049

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

      Awareness3 to 19 September 2049

      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.

    • 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. Sunday 5 September 2049

    • 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 cultural5 to 11 September 2049

      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.

  4. Tuesday 14 September 2049

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

      Religious and cultural14 to 20 September 2049

      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. Wednesday 15 September 2049

    • 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.

  6. Thursday 16 September 2049

  7. Saturday 18 September 2049

    • Keep New Zealand Beautiful Clean Up Week

      Awareness18 to 25 September 2049

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

  8. Sunday 19 September 2049

    • 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.

  9. Sunday 26 September 2049

    • Tuvalu Language Week

      Religious and cultural26 September to 2 October 2049

      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.

  10. Wednesday 29 September 2049

    • World Heart Day

      Awareness

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