Capping week

{{Short description|New Zealand term for the week of university graduation}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

Capping Week is a term used in New Zealand for the week of graduation from university. This is when graduands of the university are presented with their degrees and capped.{{Cite web |title=Capping Week {{!}} NZETC |url=https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Salient34051971-t1-body-d2.html |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=nzetc.victoria.ac.nz}} Capping week may coincide with a period of practical jokes or capping stunts.{{Cite book |last=Marsh |first=Moira |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n3jgCwAAQBAJ&dq=Capping+week+New+Zealand&pg=PT194 |title=Practically Joking |date=2015-07-15 |publisher=University Press of Colorado |isbn=978-0-87421-984-5 |language=en}}