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Suffrage Day, 19 September. International Talk Like a Pirate Day, 19 September. Pink Ribbon Day (Breast Cancer Awareness), 8 October. World Arthritis Day, 12 October. Rā Maumahara (New Zealand Wars Remembrance Day), 28 October (also the anniversary of the New Zealand Declaration of Independence) World Stroke Day, 29 October. Halloween, 31 October.
Twelve days a year (from 2022) [1] Public holidays in New Zealand (also known as statutory holidays) consist of a variety of cultural, national, and religious holidays that are legislated in New Zealand. Workers can get a maximum of 12 public holidays (eleven national holidays plus one provincial holiday) and a minimum of 20 annual leave days a ...
Crate Day is an unofficial celebration in New Zealand, held on the first Saturday of December every year. [1] Participants set themselves the challenge of finishing a crate of twelve 745ml beer bottles between 12pm until midnight. [2] The total alcohol content of a crate, 300 grams, is close to a lethal dose. [3]
June. African-American Music Appreciation Month [28] [29] ALS Awareness Month (Canada) Caribbean-American Heritage Month [30] LGBT Pride Month. National PTSD Awareness Day [31] National Safety Month [32] National Smile Month (United Kingdom, May and June) Devotion to the Sacred Heart.
Christmas (Māori: Kirihimete [1]) became widely celebrated by Christians in the late 19th century. Today, Christmas Day and Boxing Day are both statutory holidays in New Zealand, and Christmas is celebrated by both Christians and non-Christians. While Boxing Day is a standard statutory holiday, Christmas Day is one of the few days of the year ...
Major January holidays including New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, and Lunar New Year may come to mind when you think of the first month in 2023. Between January 1st and January 31st, though ...
Matariki. Heliacal rising of the Pleiades star cluster ( Māori: Matariki ), signalling the Māori new year. In Māori culture, Matariki is the Pleiades star cluster and a celebration of its first rising in late June or early July. The rising marks the beginning of the new year in the Māori lunar calendar. Historically, Matariki was usually ...
The 2023 New Zealand general election was held on 14 October 2023 to determine the composition of the 54th Parliament of New Zealand.Voters elected 122 members to the unicameral New Zealand House of Representatives under the mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system, with 71 members elected from single-member electorates and the remaining members elected from closed party lists. [1]