Holiday Details
- Holiday Name
- April Fools
- Country
- New Zealand
- Date
- April 1, 2026
- Day of Week
- Wednesday
- Status
- 88 days away
- About this Holiday
- April Fools is a observance in New Zealand
April Fools
New Zealand • April 1, 2026 • Wednesday
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About April Fools
Also known as: April Fools' Day
Te Rā o ngā Tinihanga: He Aratohu Matawhānui mō te 1 o Paenga-whāwhā i Aotearoa
Ko te Rā o ngā Tinihanga, e mōhiotia whānuitia ana i te reo Ingarihi ko April Fools' Day, he rā motuhake i runga i te maramataka o Aotearoa e kapi ana i te katakata, i te mahi nanakia, me te whakakata i te hoa, i te whānau, tae noa ki te hunga tē mōhiotia ana. Ahakoa ehara tēnei i te rā whakatā ā-ture, he rā tino nui tēnei i roto i ngā tikanga pāpori o te motu. He wā tēnei e tūpato ai te tangata ki ngā kōrero e rongo ana ia, ki ngā mea rānei e kite ana ia i runga i te pouaka whakaata, i te ipurangi rānei, kei taka ia ki te rore a te hunga tinihanga.
I Aotearoa, he mea nui te mahi whakakata. He iwi mātou e pai ana ki te kata ki a mātou anō, ā, ko tēnei rā te tino wā mō tērā. Mai i te ata pō ki te poutūmārō, ka rongo koe i te kōrero "April Fool!" e paorooro ana i ngā kura, i ngā tari, me ngā kāinga puta noa i te motu. He rā tēnei hei whakakao i te hapori mā te katakata, ahakoa he iti te whakamā o te hunga ka hinga i te mahi tinihanga. Ko te kaupapa matua o te rā, ko te ngahau me te hangareka, kaua ko te kino, ko te whakaweti rānei.
Ko te mea tino motuhake mō tēnei rā i roto i te horopaki o Aotearoa, ko tō mātou hononga ki te rā rānei me te wā. Nā te mea kei te rāwhiti rawa mātou o te ao, ko Aotearoa tētahi o ngā iwi tuatahi ki te whakanui i tēnei rā. Ko te tikanga, ka tīmata ā mātou mahi tinihanga i mua i te nuinga o te ao, ā, i te maha o ngā wā, ka kite mātou i ngā tinihanga o te ao i te rā whai muri mai na te rerekē o ngā rohe wā. Heoi, kei tō mātou ake rā te aroha me te ngangahau.
Āhea te Rā o ngā Tinihanga i te Tau 2026?
Mō te tau 2026, ka tū te Rā o ngā Tinihanga i te:
Te rā: April 1, 2026 Te rā o te wiki: Wednesday Te wā toe: E 88 ngā rā e toe ana
He rā pumau tēnei i te maramataka, ko te 1 o Paenga-whāwhā i ia tau, ahakoa te rā o te wiki. Ahakoa he rā mahi noa i te tau 2026, kaua e miharo ki te kite i tētahi mahi rerekē i tō tari, i tō kura rānei i te ata o taua rā. He mea nui kia mahara ki te ture matua o Aotearoa mō tēnei rā: me mutu ngā mahi tinihanga katoa i te poutūmārō (12:00 pm). Ki te mahi tinihanga koe i muri i te poutūmārō, ko koe tonu te "fool" (te kuware)!
Te Takenga mai o te Rā o ngā Tinihanga
He roa, he whānui hoki te tāhuhu kōrero o te Rā o ngā Tinihanga, ahakoa kāore i te tino mārama tōna takenga mai i te tīmatanga. He maha ngā ariā e mōhiotia ana, ā, he mea nui ēnei hei māramatanga ki te take ka whakanui tātou i tēnei rā i roto i te ao hou.
Te Huringa o te Maramataka
Ko tētahi o ngā ariā rongonui rawa atu ko te huringa mai i te maramataka Julian ki te maramataka Gregorian i te mutunga o te rautau 16. I mua, i whakanuia te Tau Hou i te mutunga o te marama o Poutū-te-rangi, i te taha o te kōanga i te taha raki o te ao. I te hurihanga ki te maramataka hou, ka nuku te Tau Hou ki te 1 o Kohitātea.
Heoi, i aua wā, he pōturi te horapa o ngā rongo. Ko te hunga kāore i rongo i te panoni, ko te hunga rānei i pai tonu ki te whai i ngā tikanga tawhito, i whakanui tonu i te Tau Hou i te 1 o Paenga-whāwhā. Ka kīia tēnei hunga he "April Fools" e te hunga i mōhio ki te huringa. I te whenua o Wīwī, ka kīia rātou ko te "poisson d'avril" (te ika o Paenga-whāwhā), he tohu mō te ika tamariki e ngāwari ana te hopu. I whakapiri te tangata i te ika pepa ki te tuara o te hunga kuware hei mahi whakangahau.
Ngā Tikanga o Kōtirana me Ingarangi
Ko te nuinga o ā mātou tikanga i Aotearoa i ahu mai i Ingarangi me Kōtirana. I Ingarangi, ko te kōrero tuatahi mō tēnei rā i puta i te tau 1686, i te kīinga a John Aubrey i te rā ko te "Fooles holy day".
I Kōtirana, he tino nui te whakanui. He rā e kīia ana ko "Huntigowk Day". Ko te "gowk" he kupu mō te manu cuckoo, he tohu hoki mō te tangata kuware. He mahi noa te tuku i tētahi tangata ki te kawe i tētahi reta "tino nui", engari ko te kōrero i roto i te reta ko: "Dinna laugh, dinna smile, hunt the gowk another mile" (Kaua e kata, kaua e menemene, tonoa te gowk kia haere tonu i tētahi maero anō). Ka haere te tangata mai i tētahi wāhi ki tētahi wāhi, me te kore e mōhio he mahi hangarau noa iho.
I te rā tuarua, ko te "Tailie Day", ka arotahi te mahi ki te taha o muri o te tangata. Koinei te takenga mai o te tohu "KICK ME" e whakapiria ana ki te tuara o te tangata hei mahi whakakata. Ko ēnei tikanga katoa i mauria mai e ngā manene ki Aotearoa, ā, kua whanake hei wāhanga o tō mātou ake rā.
Ngā Tikanga Whakanui i Aotearoa
I Aotearoa, he iwi mātou e tino pai ana ki te mahi tinihanga i te ata o te 1 o Paenga-whāwhā. He maha ngā momo mahi ka kitea, mai i te kāinga ki te wāhi mahi.
I te Kāinga me te Kura
Mō ngā tamariki, koinei tētahi o ngā rā tino pai o te tau. Ko ngā mahi tinihanga noa ko: Te tote i roto i te huka: Te whakawhiti i te huka me te tote kia ohorere ai te tangata ina inu ia i tana tī, i tana kawhe rānei. Te whakapiri pekapeka: Te whakapiri i te moni ki te papa, te whakapiri rānei i ngā hū ki te papa kia kore ai e taea te hiki. Ngā kōrero rūpahu: He kōrero ki te matua, ki te kaiako rānei, pēnei i te kī ake "He pungāwerewere nui kei runga i tō pakihiwi!", katahi ka huri te tangata me te wehi, ka kī atu te tamaiti, "April Fool!".
I te Wāhi Mahi
I te wāhi mahi, ka whakamahia tēnei rā hei whakamauru i te taumahatanga o te mahi. Heoi, me tūpato te tangata kia kaua e whara tētahi, kia kaua rānei e raru te mahi nui. Ko ētahi o ngā mahi tinihanga i te tari ko: Te huri i te mata o te rorohiko: Te whakarerekē i te takotoranga o te mata kia huri kōaro ai. Te takai i te teka: Te takai i te tēpu me te tūru a tētahi hoa mahi ki te pepa konumohe (foil), ki te pepa kōpaki rānei. Te "Whakakore" i te mīhini kawhe: Te whakanoho i tētahi tohu e kī ana "Me whakamahi te reo hei whakahaere i tēnei mīhini", katahi ka tū te iwi ki te kōrero ki te mīhini me te kore e mōhio he mahi tinihanga.
Ngā Paaho me ngā Kamupene Nui
He tino pai ki ngā paaho o Aotearoa (te pouaka whakaata, te reo irirangi, me ngā nūpepa) ki te whai wāhi ki te Rā o ngā Tinihanga. I ia tau, ka puta he kōrero "rongo hou" he tino rerekē, he rerekē rawa pea hei whakapono, engari he maha ngā tangata ka mōrearea.
Hei tauira, i mua kua puta ngā kōrero pēnei i: He kura hou mō ngā kurī hei ako i te taraiwa waka. Te whakaurunga o tētahi taake hou mō te hau e tukuna ana e te tangata (flatulence tax). He huringa ki te haki o Aotearoa hei whakauru i tētahi pikitia o te rētihi.
Ko ngā kamupene pēnei i a Air New Zealand, i a Whittakers rānei, ka whakaputa i ngā hua hou rūpahu i runga i te pae-pāpāho pāpori. He tino whakataetae i waenga i ēnei kamupene ki te kite ko wai te mea ka taea te tinihanga i te tokomaha o te iwi.
Te Ture o te Poutūmārō
He mea tino nui tēnei ki Aotearoa. Ko te tikanga, me mutu katoa ngā mahi tinihanga i te 12:00 pm i te poutūmārō. He tikanga tēnei i ahu mai i Ingarangi. Mena ka tamata tētahi ki te mahi tinihanga i te ahiahi, ka taea e te iwi te kī atu:
"April Fools' Day has past and gone, you're the fool for carrying on!"
He huarahi tēnei hei whakaatu he wā tō te mahi tinihanga, ā, ina mutu taua wā, me hoki ki te mahi tonu me te āhua noa. Ko te hunga ka wareware ki tēnei ture, ko rātou tonu ka pōraruraru i te mutunga o te rā.
Ngā Tohutohu mō ngā Manuhiri ki Aotearoa
Mēnā kei te haere mai koe ki Aotearoa i te tau 2026 i te wā o te Rā o ngā Tinihanga, anei ētahi tohutohu mōu:
- Whakarongo ki te reo irirangi i te ata: Koinei te wā ka rongo koe i ngā mahi tinihanga tino pai. He maha ngā reo irirangi ka kī i tētahi kōrero rūpahu hei kite ko wai te hunga ka waea atu.
- Kaua e whakapono ki ngā mea katoa i runga i te ipurangi: Mēnā he kōrero "tino rerekē" mai i tētahi paetukutuku o Aotearoa i te ata o te 1 o Paenga-whāwhā, me āta tirotiro i te rā.
- Kia whai wāhi ki te ngahau: Mēnā ka tinihangatia koe, kaua e riri. He wāhanga tēnei o te ahurea o Aotearoa. Kata i te taha o te hunga i tinihanga i a koe.
- Kia mahara ki te wā: Mena kei te hiahia koe ki te mahi tinihanga i tētahi hoa, me mahi i mua i te poutūmārō.
He rā whakatā ā-ture te Rā o ngā Tinihanga?
Kāore, ehara te Rā o ngā Tinihanga i te rā whakatā ā-ture i Aotearoa. He rā mahi noa tēnei mō te katoa.
Ngā Tari Kawanatanga: Ka tuwhera i ngā haora noa. Ngā Kura: Ka tuwhera (engari kia tūpato ki ngā tamariki!). Ngā Toa me ngā Pakihi: Ka tuwhera i ngā haora noa. Ngā Kawenga Tūmatanui: Ka rere pēnei i te rā mahi noa.
Nā te mea he rā mahi noa te Wednesday, te April 1, 2026, 2026, ka kitea te nuinga o ngā mahi tinihanga i roto i ngā tari me ngā wāhi mahi puta noa i te motu. Ahakoa he rā mahi, he rā rerekē tōna wairua—he māmā ake, he kapi i te wairua hangareka.
Te Hiranga o te Tikanga i te Ao Hou
I roto i tēnei ao e kapi ana i ngā rongo rerekē me te taumahatanga o te wā, he mea nui te Rā o ngā Tinihanga hei whakamauru i te hinengaro. I Aotearoa, he tohu tēnei rā mō tō mātou kaha ki te whakahoahoa me te kore e mauahara. Ko te mahi tinihanga i te tangata he tohu o te aroha me te hononga i waenga i te hoa me te whānau.
Heoi, i ēnei rā, kua kaha ake te tupato o te tangata na te "fake news" e horapa ana i te ipurangi i ia rā. Na tēnei, kua huri ētahi o ngā mahi tinihanga ki te āhua o te mahi toi—he uaua ake te mōhio he tinihanga, ā, he nui ake te kaha e pau ana ki te hanga i tētahi kōrero e whakapono ai te tangata.
I te mutunga o te rā, ko te Rā o ngā Tinihanga i Aotearoa he whakanui i te mākohakoha o te tangata me te kaha o te katakata ki te hono i te iwi. Ahakoa ko koe te tangata tinihanga, ko koe rānei te tangata i tinihangatia, ko te mea nui ko te kata ngātahi.
He Whakarāpopoto mō te Tau 2026
Kia rite mai mō te April 1, 2026. He rā tēnei hei tūpato, hei whakakata, hei whakanui hoki i te taha hangareka o te ora. Kia mōhio koe ki te ture o te poutūmārō, kia mataara ki ngā kōrero rerekē i runga i te pouaka whakaata, ā, ko te mea nui rawa, kia pai tō rā!
I te mea e 88 ngā rā e toe ana, he wā tonu tōu ki te whakatakoto i tētahi mahere tinihanga mō ō hoa mahi, mō tō whānau rānei. Kia mahara, ko te kaupapa he katakata, kaua ko te pōrearea. Kia manawanui, kia ngahau, ā, kia noho hei rā whakahirahira tēnei i roto i tō maramataka mō te tau 2026.
Kia mahara ki ēnei kōrero matua: Te Rā: April 1, 2026 Te Ture: Me mutu i te poutūmārō.
- Te Whāinga: Kia kata te katoa.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about April Fools in New Zealand
Ko te Rā o ngā Tinihanga (April Fools' Day) ka tū i te rā Wednesday, April 1, 2026. He 88 ngā rā e toe ana tae noa ki tēnei rā whakahirahira i te maramataka o Aotearoa. Ahakoa ehara i te rā whakatā ā-ture, he rā rongonui tēnei huri noa i te motu mō te hunga e pai ana ki te whakakata me te mahi nanakia ki ō rātou hoa, whānau hoki.
Kāo, ehara te Rā o ngā Tinihanga i te rā whakatā ā-ture i Aotearoa. Ka tūwhera tonu ngā kura, ngā pakihi, me ngā tari kāwanatanga i te April 1, 2026. He rā mahi noa tēnei, heoi, ka kitea te āhua o te hūmārie me te ngahau i roto i ngā wāhi mahi me ngā hapori. Kaua e miharo ki te kite koe i ētahi mahi rerekē, tinihanga rānei i tō wāhi mahi i te ata o taua rā.
He tikanga tawhito tēnei mō te mahi whakakata, te rūpahu, me te tinihanga i te tangata. I Aotearoa, ka whakanuia tēnei rā mā te mahi maminga ki te hunga e māmā ana te whakapono. Ki te angitu tō mahi tinihanga, ka karanga koe, "April Fool!" ki te tangata i mamingatia. He maha hoki ngā pūrongo rongo kōrero i runga i te pouaka whakaata me te reo irirangi ka whakaputa i ngā kōrero teka hei whakaware i te marea.
E ai ki ngā tikanga tuku iho mai i Kōtirana e whāia ana i Aotearoa, me mutu katoa ngā mahi tinihanga i mua i te poutūmarotanga (poutū-te-rangi). Ki te ngana tētahi ki te tinihanga i muri i te poupoutanga o te rā, ko ia tonu ka kīia he 'gowk', he 'fool' rānei. He mea nui tēnei ture kia kaua ngā mahi whakakata e haere mō te rā katoa, ā, ka noho te ahiahi hei wā mārire.
E whakaponotia ana i ahu mai tēnei tikanga i te huringa o te maramataka i ngā rau tau ki muri. I te huringa o te rā mō te tau hou ki te Hanuere, he hunga i raru, ā, i whakanui tonu i te tau hou i te 1 o Paenga-whāwhā. I kīia ēnei tāngata he 'poisson d'avril' (ika o Paenga-whāwhā) i te reo Wīwī, ā, ka mahia he tinihanga ki a rātou, pēnei i te whakapiri ika pepa ki ō rātou tuarā. I te tau 1686, i tuhia e John Aubrey te kōrero tuatahi mō tēnei rā i Peretānia hei 'Fooles holy day'.
He maha ngā momo tinihanga, mai i ngā mea iti ki ngā mea nunui. Ko ētahi tauira ko te whakapiri tohu 'KICK ME' ki te tuarā o te hoa, te huri i te karaka kia hē te wā, te whakakapi rānei i te huka ki te tote. I ēnei rā, he pai ki ngā kamupene nunui o Aotearoa ki te whakaputa pānui teka i runga i te pae pāpāho pāpori, hei tauira, te kī kei te hanga rātou i tētahi kai rerekē rawa, pēnei i te tiakarete me te reka o te hinu ika.
Mō te hunga manuhiri, ko te tohutohu matua ko te mōhio he rā ngahau tēnei. Kaua e tangohia rawatia ngā kōrero rerekē e rongo ana koe i te ata hei kōrero pono. Mēnā ka mamingatia koe, kia māmā te ngākau, ā, kia pūkana noa! He wāhanga tēnei o te ahurea o Aotearoa e whakaatu ana i tō mātou pai ki te whakakata. Kia mahara hoki, ka mahi noa ngā pahi, ngā rererangi, me ngā ratonga tūmatanui i raro i te rārangi wā noa.
He tino wāhanga ngā pāpāho o Aotearoa i te Rā o ngā Tinihanga. I te ata o te April 1, 2026, he maha ngā niupepa me ngā paetukutuku rongo kōrero ka whakaputa i tētahi kōrero he teka katoa, engari he āhua pono te titiro. I te nuinga o te wā, ka whakaaturia te pono i te rā e whai ake ana, i te ahiahi rānei o taua rā. He mahi tēnei hei whakamātau i te mataara o te marea me tō rātou āhei ki te wehe i te pono i te teka.
Historical Dates
April Fools dates in New Zealand from 2010 to 2025
| Year | Day of Week | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tuesday | April 1, 2025 |
| 2024 | Monday | April 1, 2024 |
| 2023 | Saturday | April 1, 2023 |
| 2022 | Friday | April 1, 2022 |
| 2021 | Thursday | April 1, 2021 |
| 2020 | Wednesday | April 1, 2020 |
| 2019 | Monday | April 1, 2019 |
| 2018 | Sunday | April 1, 2018 |
| 2017 | Saturday | April 1, 2017 |
| 2016 | Friday | April 1, 2016 |
| 2015 | Wednesday | April 1, 2015 |
| 2014 | Tuesday | April 1, 2014 |
| 2013 | Monday | April 1, 2013 |
| 2012 | Sunday | April 1, 2012 |
| 2011 | Friday | April 1, 2011 |
| 2010 | Thursday | April 1, 2010 |
Note: Holiday dates may vary. Some holidays follow lunar calendars or have different observance dates. Purple indicates weekends.
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