Festivals and Celebrations
A DigitalNZ Story by National Library of New Zealand Topics
Matariki, Christmas, Easter and more recently Chinese New Year, Diwali and Eid are some of the festivals New Zealanders celebrate. Find out about our religious holidays, festivals, traditions and stories and their associated activities. SCIS no. 1816045
Photographs of 2003 Santa and Christmas Parade, Greymouth
Alexander Turnbull Library
Hay’s Christmas parade
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Festivals and celebrations (New Zealand)
National Library of New Zealand
Children marvel at the ice sculpture at the Diwali Festival
Christchurch City Libraries
Eid al-Fitr celebration
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Eid ul-Fitr
Services to Schools
Eid in Auckland 2021
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Muslim occasions facts for kids
Services to Schools
Easter eggs, Ballantynes
Christchurch City Libraries
Chinese New Year festival
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Easter Egg Hunt in Bunnythorpe
Palmerston North City Library
The Easter story
Services to Schools
Easter display
Services to Schools
Happy Ramadhan, Eid Mubarak
Services to Schools
Ramadan information and activities for kids
Services to Schools
Matariki festival 2016
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Arts festivals: beginnings
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
International kite festival
Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Rock music festivals
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
War dancer with flaming torch
Alexander Turnbull Library
Tūhoe festival
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Waitangi day flare-up
Alexander Turnbull Library
Ngāti Kahungunu Waitangi Day festival
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Spring festivals around the world
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Trick or treating tips and etiquette
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Legends of Holi
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Quinceañera
Services to Schools
Rugby World Cup 2011 victory parade favourite
Alexander Turnbull Library
The Sikh Festivals
Services to Schools
Labour Day
Alexander Turnbull Library
28 Birthday traditions
Services to Schools
Food in every country
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Earth calendar
Services to Schools
Peace celebrations
Alexander Turnbull Library
Eating a grub
Services to Schools
Blossom festival
Services to Schools
Thanksgiving in North America
Services to Schools
Day of the Dead procession, November 2013
Alexander Turnbull Library
Film Festival 2015
Services to Schools
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with fiestas, music, and dance
Services to Schools
Multiculturalism (TMCC17)
Services to Schools
Why do Americans and Canadians celebrate Labour Day?
Services to Schools
Kapa haka festival. School Journal: Year 4 Part 01 No. 02: 2009
Services to Schools
Scarecrows and space. Ready to Read Curriculum level: 2; Jan 2010
Services to Schools
Hokitika Wildfoods Festival
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Māori Language week
Services to Schools
Buddhist Holidays
Services to Schools
Anne Herrington and Tracy Kelly holding sparklers on Guy Fawkes Day, Wainuiomata, Wellington
Alexander Turnbull Library
Dancers at the Irish National Feis, Kilbirnie, Wellington - Photograph taken by John Nicholson
Alexander Turnbull Library
A 1933 school picnic
Services to Schools
Taniwha and Dragon Festival
Services to Schools
Williams, Samuel, 1788-1853 :A stage erected for a New Zealand feast [1835].
Alexander Turnbull Library
Positively Pasifika 2013 'We Are The Ocean' festival, Wellington
Alexander Turnbull Library
