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🇳🇿 Festivals in New Zealand

45 festivals celebrated in New Zealand, across 3 cities and towns.

Cities and towns

Auckland 5 Wellington 2 Christchurch 1

All Spiritual Cultural National days Seasonal Music Arts and film Sports

November 2026 1

Sports 3Nov Melbourne Cup🇦🇺 Melbourne, Australia and 1 more countryIn 4 weeks

January 2027 1

Sports 1Jan ASB Classic🇳🇿 Auckland, New Zealand

April 2027 1

Sports 9Apr Grand National🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 more countries

Usually in January, date not yet confirmed 1

Sports Janvaries ATP Auckland Open🇳🇿 Auckland, New Zealand

Usually in June, date not yet confirmed 1

Sports Junvaries Maccabiah Games🇮🇱 Israel and 7 more countries

Usually in July, date not yet confirmed 1

Sports Julvaries The Rugby Championship🇦🇷 Argentina and 3 more countries

Shared with much of the world

Celebrated in New Zealand and in many other countries.

Usually in July, date not yet confirmed 1

Sports Julvaries The Open Championship🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 12 more countries

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

The Rugby Championship: Hamedog at English Wikipedia, Attribution, source
Melbourne Cup: Chris Phutully, CC BY 2.0, source
The Open Championship: SN#1 (Steven Newton) flickr.com, CC BY 2.0, source
Maccabiah Games: https://www.flickr.com/people/69061470@N05, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
ASB Classic: ShakyIsles, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
ATP Auckland Open: Two345, CC BY 3.0, source
Grand National: Ballabriggs.jpg : Carine06 derivative work: Tbmurray ( talk ), CC BY 2.0, source

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