2019 Queenstown Social Media Holiday Calendar
With the silly season behind us, it’s time to start nailing your social media planning for 2019. To get you started, we’ve created a downloadable 2019 Queenstown Social Media Holiday Calendar to make sure you’re utilising trending holiday dates for your social media content.
From NZ Conservation Week to Māori Language Week to World Chocolate Day, there are a plethora of worldwide celebrations that you can take advantage of. To get you started, we’ve compiled New Zealand holidays to help you fill your content calendar in no time.
Email [email protected] for your downloadable calendar or bookmark the list below.
JANUARY 2019 Queenstown Social Media Holiday Calendar
January 1 – New Year’s Day
January 23 – National Pie Day #PieDay
January 26 – Australia Day (for our friends across the ditch)
FEBRUARY 2019 Queenstown Social Media Holiday Calendar
February 5 – Chinese New Year #YearOfThePig
February 6 – Waitangi Day
February 14 – Valentine’s Day
February 15 – Get Outdoors Week #GOWeekNZ
February 28 – 100th New Zealand Open commences
MARCH 2019 Queenstown Social Media Holiday Calendar
March 1 – First Day of Autumn
March 3 – World Wildlife Day #WorldWildlifeDay
March 5 – Pancake Day #NationalPancakeDay
March 8 – International Women’s Day
March 9 – Motatapu 2019 commences
March 10 – Walk to Work Day – #WalkToWorkDay
March 17 – St. Patrick’s Day
March 23 – National Puppy Day #NationalPuppyDay (who doesn’t love puppies!)
March 25 – Otago Anniversary Day
March 30 – Earth Hour (8.30pm to 9.30pm)
APRIL 2019 Queenstown Social Media Holiday Calendar
April 1 – April Fool’s Day
April 7 – Daylight savings ends (2am)
April 7 – World Health Day #WorldHealthDay
April 19 – Good Friday
April 21 – Easter Sunday
April 22 – Earth Day #EarthDay2019
April 23 – Southland Anniversary Day
April 23 – World Book Day #WorldBookDay
April 23 – Arrowtown Autumn Festival commences
April 25 – ANZAC Day
MAY 2019 Queenstown Social Media Holiday Calendar
May 1 – New Zealand Music Month #NZMusicMonth #NZMM
May 6 – New Zealand Sign Language Week #NZSLWeek
May 4 – May the 4th Be with You – Star Wars Day #StarWarsDay #MayThe4thBeWithYou
May 12 – Mother’s Day
May 31 – LUMA Southern Light Festival commences #LUMA #LUMA19
JUNE 2019 Queenstown Social Media Holiday Calendar
June 1 – First Day of Winter
June 3 – Queen’s Birthday
June 5 – World Environment Day #WorldEnvironmentDay
June 8 – World Oceans Day #WorldOceansDay
June 10 – Matariki Maori New Year
June 16 – NZ National Volunteer Week #NVW2019
June 20 – Queenstown Winter Festival commences #QTWinterFest #WinterStartsHere
June 21 – International Yoga Day #InternationalYogaDay
June 21 – National Selfie Day #NationalSelfieDay
June 22 – Winter solstice, shortest day of the year
June 30 – Social Media Day #SMDay
JULY 2019 Queenstown Social Media Holiday Calendar
July 2 – Total Solar Eclipse
July 7 – World Chocolate Day #WorldChocolateDay
July 17 – World Emoji Day #WorldEmojiDay
July 30 – International Day of Friendship #DayOfFriendship
AUGUST 2019 Queenstown Social Media Holiday Calendar
August 2 – International Beer Day
August 8 – International Cat Day #InternationalCatDay
August 9 – International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples #IndigenousPeoplesDay
August 19 – World Photo Day #WorldPhotoDay
August 27 – New Zealand Fashion Week #NZFW
SEPTEMBER 2019 Queenstown Social Media Holiday Calendar
September 1 – Father’s Day
September 1 – First Day of Spring
September 1 – Winter Pride 2019 commences #WinterPrideNZ #GaySkiWeekNZ
September 6 – Read a Book Day #ReadABookDay
September 10 – Māori Language Week #TeWikioTeReoMāori #MāoriLanguageWeek
September 14 – DOC’s 50th National Conservation Week #ConservationWeek
September 17 – Loud Shirt Day #LoudShirtDay
September 22 – International Hobbit Day #HobbitDay
September 27 – World Tourism Day #WorldTourismDay
September 30 – Daylight saving ends (2am)
September 30 – International Podcast Day #InternationalPodcastDay
OCTOBER 2019 Queenstown Social Media Holiday Calendar
October 1 – International Coffee Day #InternationalCoffeeDay
October 4 – World Smile Day #WorldSmileDay
October 8 – Breast Cancer ‘Pink For a Day’ #PinkRibbonNZ
October 10 – World Mental Health Day #WorldMentalHealthDay
October 28 – Labour Day
October 30 – International Checklist Day #ChecklistDay
October 31- Halloween
NOVEMBER 2019 Queenstown Social Media Holiday Calendar
November 1 – World Vegan Day #WorldVeganDay
November 5 – Guy Fawkes Night
November 13 – World Kindness Day #WKD
November 16 – Queenstown International Marathon #QueenstownMarathon
November 30 – International Small Business Saturday #ShopSmall
DECEMBER 2019 Queenstown Social Media Holiday Calendar
December 1 – First Day of Summer
December 7 – Crate Day #CrateDay
December 10 – Nobel Prize Day #NobelPrizeDay
December 11 – International Mountain Day #InternationalMountainDay
December 21 – Summer Solstice, longest day of the year
December 25 – Christmas Day
December 31 – New Year’s Eve
Like these ideas but don’t have the time or resources to nail your social media schedule in 2019? Get in touch for a free 30-minute consultation and we’ll talk through your goals and business objectives to help you put together a tailored social media plan for your business.