2022

• 50th anniversary of the presentation of the Māori language petition and first Māori Language Day
• 25th anniversaries of Dictionary of New Zealand Sign Language and Dictionary of New Zealand English 
• 50th anniversary of equal pay legislation.
• 75th anniversary of Ballantyne’s fire.
• 50th anniversary of first national kapa haka competition (now known as Te Matatini)
• 75th anniversary of the formation of the National Symphony Orchestra (now New Zealand Symphony Orchestra)
• 100th anniversary of radio broadcasting.

2021

• 175th anniversary of the Battle of Ruapekapeka, during the Northern War.
• 125th anniversary of the Brunner mine disaster, New Zealand’s deadliest industrial accident.
• 75th anniversary of the arrival of Jayforce in Japan.
• 50th anniversary of the establishment of the South Pacific Forum, now the Pacific Islands Forum.
• 25th anniversary of the first MMP election.

2020

• 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War (1945).
• 175th anniversary of the start of the Northern War.
• 100th anniversary of New Zealand sending its first official team to the Olympics.
• 100th anniversary of New Zealand attending the League of Nations and the 75th anniversary of signing the United Nations Charter.
• 100th anniversary of the opening of the Alexander Turnbull Library.

25th anniversary of New Zealand joining the World Trade Organisation

2019

• 250th anniversary of the first meetings of Māori and Europeans between James Cook and Tahitian chief and navigator Tupaia.
• 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Versailles and peace celebrations.
• 200th anniversary of the first planting of fruit frees and wine grapes.
• 150th anniversary of the founding of New Zealand's first university, University of Otago.
• 100th anniversary of New Zealand joining the International Labour Organisation.
• 75th anniversary of the abolition of the poll tax on Chinese migrants.

2018 

• 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)
• 175th anniversary of the Wairau incident, the first significant armed conflict between Māori and British settlers after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi
• 150th anniversary of the start of the fighting between Crown forces and the forces of Titokowaru and Te Kooti.
• 150th anniversary of New Zealand becoming the first country to introduce nationwide standard time.
• 100th anniversary of the influenza pandemic.
• 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Wahine. The Wahine 50 Trust organised a number of events for the commemoration on 10 April 2018.

2017 

• 100th anniversary of the war in Belgium and Sinai/Palestine (1917).
• 150th anniversary of the Māori Representation Act establishing Māori seats in Parliament.
• 150th anniversary of the creation of the Native School system.
• 100th anniversary of the introduction and 50th anniversary of the end of 6 o'clock closing in bars.
• 50th anniversary of the adoption of the decimal currency.

2016

• 100th anniversary of the War in France (1916).
• 200th anniversary of New Zealand’s first school.
• 150th anniversary of the Cook Strait undersea telegraph cable and the 140th anniversary of the trans-Tasman undersea telegraph cable.
• 120th anniversary of the first public film screening, 100th anniversary of the introduction of film censorship and the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the National Film Unit
• Listen to a Radio New Zealand (RNZ) feature about the history of the National Film Unit (part 1 RNZ and part 2 on RNZ).
• 75th anniversary of the founding of the Royal New Zealand Navy.
• 50th anniversary of Vietnam War (Battle of Long Tan).

2015 

• 175th anniversary of the Treaty of Waitangi (1840).
• 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign (1915).
• 150th anniversary of Wellington becoming the capital of New Zealand.
• 150th anniversary of the creation of the Native Land Court.
• 75th anniversary of the start of regular trans-Tasman air services.
• 70th anniversary of VE Day and VJ Day.
• 50th anniversary of the Cook Islands self-government.

2014 

• 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War and occupation of Samoa (1914)
• 200th anniversary of the first mission station
• 75th anniversary of the Battle of River Plate