What's coming up?
Use our event calendar to help your wellbeing planning
There's a lot going on in the world of wellbeing. Choose from the events listed below to see what you could do in your workplace.
See monthly featureDaylight saving has arrived so get SunSmart
As Daylight Saving starts, it's a great time to remind your people to be SunSmart.
Look after yourself getting back to work
It can be easy to forget to look after ourselves as we leave our summer break behind and get back into work. Here are some ways to help your people.
Heart Awareness Month
Heart Awareness Month is an ideal time for workplaces to run events to raise money for the Heart Foundation's work and encourage their people to have their heart health checked.
Stand up and move more in February
Get active during the last official month of summer - see how you can encourage your people to stand up and move more.
Aotearoa Bike Challenge
Get on your bike this February and take part in this nationwide cycling challenge.
Relay for Life
The Cancer Society's Relay for Life gives everyone a chance to celebrate cancer survivors and carers, remember loved ones lost to cancer, and fight back by raising awareness and funds.
World Cancer Day
World Cancer Day is observed to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment.
Stay SunSmart in March
Summer maybe over but you still need to be SunSmart in March.
Kidney Health Month
March is New Zealand's Kidney Health Month, timed to coincide with World Kidney Day on March 12.
Walk2Work Day
Walk2Work Day encourages New Zealanders to do just that - walk to work!
Phone Free Day
A day to get more out of life by using your phone smarter.
World Water Day
Use World Water Day to promote water in your workplace - either from an environmental perspective, or to encourage your people to drink 100% water.
Get immunised in April
The start of the 'flu season' is a good time to highlight ‘fight the flu’ messages in your workplace and promote getting a flu vaccine.
World Health Day
World Health Day is sponsored by the World Health Organization and runs on this day every year.
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
This is an annual international campaign to promote safe, healthy and decent work.
Quit for life in May
With World Smokefree Day at the end of the month, why not make May a smokefree month?
Pink Shirt Day - stand up against bullying
Wear a pink shirt on Friday 21 May 2021 and stand together against bullying.
World Smokefree Day
World Smokefree Day is about celebrating being smokefree and working towards smokefree/auahi kore lives for New Zealanders.
Bowel Cancer Awareness Month
Bowel Cancer Awareness Month encourages New Zealanders to have that awkward conversation about our country's most common cancer.
June is Men's Health Month
Men’s Health Month is a great time to encourage men to start talking about their health – a simple thing that could save hundreds of lives every year.
It may be winter, so move indoors!
Ways you can encourage your people to get out and move more, even through the depths of winter.
Mid-winter protections for mental wellbeing
Find ways to help your people stay mentally well in the middle of winter, which can be a taxing time for our mental and physical health.
Aotearoa New Zealand Breastfeeding Week
The Aotearoa New Zealand Breastfeeding Week is part of a global event celebrating breastfeeding.
Breathe Better September
From the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ, Breathe Better September is a national campaign to raise awareness of respiratory conditions in New Zealand.
Spring is here – take the chance to check in!
Spring brings new ways to boost wellbeing during Mental Health Awareness Week.
NZ Random Acts of Kindness Day
Commit a random act of kindness today - and make someone else's day a wee bit better.
Breathe Better September
From the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ, Breathe Better September is a national campaign to raise awareness of respiratory conditions in New Zealand.
Blue September
Blue September is the Prostate Cancer Foundation’s annual awareness and fundraising campaign.
World Suicide Prevention Day
Suicide Prevention Day promotes world-wide action to raise awareness about suicide and stop suicide deaths.
Mental Health Awareness Week
Support people who experience mental distress, while also learning how to protect your own mental wellbeing during Mental Health Awareness Week.
Health Literacy Month
Health Literacy Month is a time for organisations and individuals to promote the importance of understandable health information.
Breast cancer and Pink Ribbon fundraisers
As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation is inviting all workplaces to turn Pink for a Day on any day throughout October.
Movember - Help stop men dying too young
Movember is a global campaign to get men talking about health issues in general, and prostate and testicular cancer in particular, run every November.
Preventing harm as summer approaches
As the season of festive cheer approaches, November is a good time to remind employees about the risk of alcohol harm, including while they're at the work 'do'.
National Oral Health Day
Like any health literacy topic, oral health is an ideal subject for workplace education. Use National Oral Health Day to spread the word about dental health.
World Kindness Day
Make extra kind to each other today - as it's World Kindness Day.
World Diabetes Day
A focus on diabetes awareness and prevention runs for the whole month of November, taking in World Diabetes day on November 14.
White Ribbon Day
White Ribbon Day is the international day when people wear a white ribbon to show that they do not condone violence towards women.
Ways to wellbeing this festive season
The summer break is a great time to relax and rest up as we catch up with friends and family.