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A full description of each of these festivals and events is included in Moon Handbooks South Pacific
| MONTH |
EVENT |
TYPE |
COUNTRY |
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| July |
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| July |
Tahiti Open Golf Tournament |
sporting event |
PF |
| July |
Tokerau Singing Festival |
festival |
CL |
| first half of July |
Heiva i Tahiti |
festival |
PF |
| first week in July |
Heilala Festival |
festival |
TO |
| July 4 |
King's Birthday |
public holiday |
TO |
| July 4 |
Independence Day |
public holiday |
AS |
| July 7 |
Independence Day |
public holiday |
SB |
| July 14 |
Bastille Day |
public holiday |
NC, PF, WF |
| July 16 |
Manu'a Cession Day |
event |
AS |
| third Sunday in July |
International Marathon |
sporting event |
NC |
| July 24 |
Children's Day |
public holiday |
VU |
| July 26 |
Rarotonga Gospel Day |
public holiday |
CK |
| July 29 |
Territory Day |
festival |
WF |
| July 30 |
Independence Day |
public holiday |
VU |
| end of July |
Te Aito Outrigger Canoe Race |
sporting event |
PF |
| end of July |
Te Maeva Celebrations |
festival |
CK |
| August |
(to top) |
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| beginning of August |
Te Maeva Celebrations |
festival |
CK |
| August |
National Children's Day |
public holiday |
TV |
| August |
Noumea Jazz Festival |
event |
NC |
| August |
Suva Hibiscus Festival |
festival |
FJ |
| a Monday in early August |
Labor Day |
public holiday |
WS |
| August 4 |
Constitution Day |
public holiday |
CK |
| August 15 |
Assumption Day |
public holiday |
CL, NC, PF, VU, WF |
| August 15 |
Hahake Day |
event |
WF |
| mid-August |
Bourail Agricultural Show |
event |
NC |
| mid-August |
Tahiti Agricultural Fair |
event |
PF |
| September |
(to top) |
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| September |
Lautoka Sugar Festival |
festival |
FJ |
| early September |
Teuila Tourism Festival |
festival |
WS |
| first Monday in September |
Labor Day |
public holiday |
AS |
| mid-September |
Nadi Bula Festival |
festival |
FJ |
| September 18 |
Independence Day |
public holiday |
CL |
| September 19 |
Army Day |
public holiday |
CL |
| September 24 |
New Caledonia Day |
public holiday |
NC |
| October |
(to top) |
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| October |
Hawaiki Nui Va'a Canoe Race |
sporting event |
PF |
| October |
L'Aitoman de Moorea |
sporting event |
PF |
| early October |
Tuvalu National Days |
public holiday |
TV |
| October 5 |
Constitution Day |
public holiday |
VU |
| first Saturday in October |
Round Raro Road Race |
sporting event |
CK |
| second Sunday in October |
White Sunday |
event |
WS |
| Monday after White Sunday |
Children's Day |
public holiday |
WS |
| second Monday in October |
Columbus Day |
public holiday |
AS, CL |
| Monday or Friday around October 10 |
Fiji Day |
public holiday |
FJ |
| mid-October |
Moso'oi Tourism Festival |
festival |
AS |
| October 19 and 20 |
Constitution Days |
festival |
NU |
| fourth Monday in October |
Peniamina Day |
public holiday |
NU |
| October 21 |
Hurricane Day |
event |
TV |
| October 26 |
National Gospel Day |
public holiday |
CK |
| end of October |
Carnaval de Tahiti |
festival |
PF |
| late October or early November |
rising of the palolo |
event |
AS, FJ, WS |
| October or November |
Diwali |
public holiday |
FJ |
| November |
(to top) |
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| November 1 |
All Saints' Day |
public holiday |
CL, NC, PF, WF |
| November 1 |
All Souls Day |
event |
CK |
| November 4 |
Constitution Day |
public holiday |
TO |
| first Friday in November |
Arbor Day |
public holiday |
WS |
| November 11 |
Armistice Day |
public holiday |
NC, PF, WF |
| November 11 |
Veteran's Day |
public holiday |
AS |
| fourth Thursday in November |
Thanksgiving |
public holiday |
AS |
| November 29 |
National Unity Day |
public holiday |
VU |
| December |
(to top) |
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| early December |
Gizo Festival of the Sea |
festival |
SB |
| December 4 |
Conception Day |
public holiday |
CL |
| December 25 |
Christmas Day |
public holiday |
all countries |
| December 26 |
Boxing Day |
public holiday |
CK, FJ, NU, SB, TO, WS |
| December 26 |
Family Day |
public holiday |
AS, VU |
| December 28 |
Boxing Day |
public holiday |
TV |
| December 31 |
Tupakapakanava |
event |
TO |
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