Lighting it up for Dyslexia, October 2025
Fill in your details below to register your business or monument to light it up AQUA for Dyslexia Awareness 2025.
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Dyslexia Awareness Week 2025
Monday 6 October – Sunday 12 October
Since 2023, during the month of October, we’ve invited communities across Aotearoa to illuminate landmarks, buildings, and monuments in aqua blue—a bright, hopeful colour that symbolises awareness, understanding, and support for individuals with dyslexia.
In 2025, Dyslexia Awareness Week will run from Monday 6 October to Sunday 12 October, and once again, we would love to include as many monuments and sites as possible in this year’s nationwide display.
Our aim is to:
Raise awareness about what dyslexia is and how it affects individuals
Show visible support to those with dyslexia and their whānau
Encourage inclusive education and workplaces through open conversation
Break down stigma and create a more informed, compassionate community
In 2024, locations such as New Brighton Pier (Christchurch), the Nelson Clock Tower, Whanganui Opera House, and Tauranga’s Wharf St joined us. Other proud participants included Bay Fitness (Collingwood), Tokirima School, Richmond Sundial Square, several schools in Whanganui, and Whanganui Pak’nSave. Mike Buchanan Plumbing even lit up its building in aqua and flew a Dyslexia Awareness flag for the entire month. These actions created a powerful show of unity across the motu.
For 2025, our passionate team of advocates is working hard to expand the movement even further.
Please get behind us and help “Light It Up Aqua” for Dyslexia Awareness Week 2025.
