World Environment Day
World Environment Day on 5 June 2023 will focus on land restoration, desertification, and drought resilience. - https://environment.govt.nz/what-you-can-do/campaigns/world-environment-day/
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Arbor Day
Arbor Day https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/32471/arbor-day https://blog.doc.govt.nz/2020/06/05/arbor-day-millions-of-reasons-to-love-your-gulf/
World Ocean Day
2024 Action Theme: Catalyzing Action for Our Ocean & Climate https://worldoceanday.org/
Global Wind Day
Global Wind Day is a worldwide event that occurs annually on 15 June. It is a day for discovering wind energy, its power and the possibilities it holds to reshape our energy systems, decarbonise our economies and boost jobs and growth. - https://globalwindday.org/
Matariki
The Matariki public holiday will be celebrated on the 28th June 2024 this year. The lunar period is 29th June till 2nd July 2024 "The Matariki public holiday is based on the winter rising of the Matariki cluster in the early morning sky during the...
Plastic Free July
Plastic Free July is a global movement that encourages us to not to use or reduce the amount of plastic that we use for the month of July. www.plasticfreejuly.org or check out Facebook - Plastic Free July Aotearoa 2024 for ideas, giveaways and events.
Bee Aware Month
September is Bee Aware Month, a month dedicated to celebrating Bees.
Conservation Week | Te Wiki Tiaki Ao Tūroa
The theme for 2024 is still to be announced. Details can be found here https://www.doc.govt.nz/news/events/conservation-week/
Bird of the year
Bird of the Year will kick-off on 2 September for 2024, with voting closing at 5pm on Sunday 15 September. Check out the contestants here https://www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/
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Te Wiki o te Reo Māori | Māori Language Week
Celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori this year from the 14th - 21st September https://en.tetaurawhiri.govt.nz/te-wiki https://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Curriculum-resources/National-events-and-the-NZC/Te-Wiki-o-te-Reo-Maori
World Clean Up Day
Get involved in a global movement to clean up our world. More details can be found here https://www.worldcleanupday.org/
KNZB Clean Up Week
Keep New Zealand Beautiful's Clean Up week starts on World Clean Up Day and encourages New Zealanders to take up in New Zealands largest movement against litter. More details can be found here https://www.knzb.org.nz/programmes/clean-new-zealand-beautiful/clean-up-week/