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Past commemorations

2022 Tier 1 event

Find out more about Te 50 tau o te Petihana mō te reo Māori

2022 Tier 2 events

2021 Tier 2 events

2020 Tier 1 event

2020 Tier 2 events

2019 Tier 1 events

2019 Tier 2 events

2018 Tier 1 events

  • 125th anniversary of women's suffrage (1893)
    On 19 September 1893 the Electoral Act 1893 was passed, giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote. As a result of this landmark legislation, New Zealand became the first self-governing country in the world in which all women had the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
  • 100th anniversary of the battle at Le Quesnoy  - National Commemoration held in France (1918)
  • 100th anniversary of Armistice - National Commemoration held at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park (1918)

2018 Tier 2 events

2017 Tier 1 Event

2017 Tier 2 events

2016 Tier 1 event

2016 Tier 2 events

2015 Tier 1 events

2015 Tier 2 events

2014 Tier 1 event

2014 Tier 2 events


Updated on 12th January 2023