NZ Dates
Below is a guide to environmentally focused celebrations, festivals and dates from New Zealand. We aim to make this guide as easy to use as possible. If you have any additions please contact us.
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January
February
- Month - Bike Ready Month (previously Bikewise), NZ
- Varies - Estuary Festival, Christchurch, NZ
March
- Month - Whio Awareness Month, NZ
- Month - Sustainable Backyards (Envirohub), Bay of Plenty, NZ
- Varies - Seaweek, NZ
April
- Month - Takahē Awareness Month
- Varies - Tearfund Ethical Fashion Guide
May
- Varies - Tech Week
- Varies - BLAKE Inspire (formerly Youth EnviroLeaders' Forum)
- Varies - Organic Week
June
- Month (start and end date goes with moon) - Pipiri ki a Papatūānuku
- Varies - National Volunteering Week
- Varies - NZ Garden Bird Survey (Landcare Research)
- Varies - Matariki – Māori New Year
July
August
- Varies - Youth Peace Week
September
- Month - Straw Free September (Our Seas Our Future)
- Month - Bee Awareness Month
- Varies - Conservation Week (DoC)
- Varies - Te wiki o te reo Māori (Māori language week)
- Varies - Keep New Zealand Beautiful Cleanup week
- Varies - The Great kererū Count
October
- Month - Biktober (Christchurch)
- Month - Save Kiwi Month
- Varies - WasteMINZ Annual Conference (Sep/Oct/Nov)
- Varies - Zero Waste Network Hui-ā-Tau (annual hui)
- Varies - Bird of the Year (Forest and Bird)
- Varies - Keep New Zealand Beautiful Awards
- 19-20th Recycling Week
November
- Bi-annual (Varies) - Para Kore Hui-ā-Tau
- Month - Nothing New November (Launched in 2019 by New Brighton Stitch-O-Mat)
- Varies - Gender equal pay day (there are international versions as well)
- Varies - Sustainable Business Network Awards
December
- 11th Use Your Own Cup Day