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National Dumpling Day 2025

  • Writer: Salient Magazine
    Salient Magazine
  • Sep 22, 2025
  • 1 min read

Mark your calendars, foodies, because National Dumpling Day is back on September  26! This year, we’re leveling up the celebrations with 10 days of endless dumplings  from 19–28 September, brought to you by New Zealand Chinese Language Week. 

Why dumplings? Apart from being delicious, they’ve been part of Chinese culture for nearly 2,000 years—symbolising family, sharing, and celebration. So grab your mates and go celebrate National Dumpling Day! 

Here’s how you can get in on the action: 

• Try your hand at the art of dumpling making 

• Create a dumpling flight with all your fave toppings 

• Go on a dumpling crawl around town (check out our registered Design-a Dumpling restaurants!) 

• Attend a dumpling-themed pub quiz 

• Enter into our Dumpling Giveaway @nzchineselanguageweek on Insta/Facebook 

Design-a-Dumpling Competition 2025 

We’ve invited restaurants from all over Aotearoa to get creative and design their own  limited-edition dumplings. Your mission? Taste as many as you can between 19-28  September, then head online to NZCLW.com to vote for your favourite. Not only do you  help crown NZ’s top dumpling, but you’ll also go in the draw to score some tasty prizes!  

Find participating restaurants and more dumpling inspiration at  

And of course, don’t forget to tag us and share your celebrations with  #DumplingDay2025.


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