Holiday Details
- Holiday Name
- New Year's Day
- Country
- New Zealand
- Date
- January 1, 2026
- Day of Week
- Thursday
- Status
- Passed
- About this Holiday
- New Year’s Day is a public holiday in New Zealand on January 1 each year.
New Year's Day
New Zealand • January 1, 2026 • Thursday
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About New Year's Day
Also known as: New Year's Day
Te Rā o te Tau Hou ki Aotearoa: He Aratohu Whānui
Ko te Rā o te Tau Hou tētahi o ngā rā whakahirahira rawa atu i runga i te maramataka o Aotearoa. He wā tēnei e whakakotahi ai te motu ki te whakanui i te tīmatanga o te tau hou, te poroporoaki ki te tau kua pahemo, me te titiro whakamua ki ngā rā kei te heke mai me te tūmanako nui. Nā te mea kei te rārangi rāwhiti rawa o te ao tō tātou motu, ko Aotearoa tētahi o ngā whenua tuatahi i te ao katoa e kite ana i te hihi o te rā i te rā tuatahi o te tau. He mea motuhake tēnei ki ngā tāngata o Aotearoa—ko tātou te hunga e whakaoho ana i te ao ki te tau hou.
I Aotearoa, he rerekē te āhua o te whakanui i te Tau Hou ki te taha ki te raki o te ao. I te mea kei te tuakoi tonga tātou, kei te puku o te raumati tēnei hararei. Engari i te huka me te huri kōpaka, ko te rā, te onepū, me te moana kē ngā hoa haere o te hunga whakanui. He wā tēnei mo te whakatā, te noho tahi me te whānau, me te ruku ki ngā mahi o waho. Ko te kaupapa matua o te rā ko te whakangā i muri i ngā huihuinga nui o te Pō o te Tau Hou, me te whakarite i ngā wawata (resolutions) mō te tau hou e tū mai nei.
He rā tēnei e kī ana i te harakoa me te rangimārie. Ahakoa he maha ngā huihuinga nunui i ngā tāone nui pēnei i Tāmaki Makaurau me Te Whanganui-a-Tara, mō te nuinga o te iwi, he rā tēnei mō te rorerore (BBQ) i te tuara o te whare, te haere ki te takutai moana, te puni rānei i ngā papa rēhia. He wāhanga nui te Rā o te Tau Hou o te hararei roa o te raumati i Aotearoa, i te mea he maha ngā pakihi ka kati mō te rua wiki i tēnei wā o te tau.
Āhea te Rā o te Tau Hou i te tau 2026?
Mō te tau e tū mai nei, koinei ngā kōrero mō te rā whakatā:
Te Rā: Thursday Te Rā o te Mārama: January 1, 2026
- Te Toenga o te Wā: E 0 ngā rā e toe ana tae noa ki te tau hou.
Te Hītori me te Takenga mai o te Hararei
Ko te takenga mai o te Rā o te Tau Hou ki Aotearoa e whai ana i ngā tikanga a te Pākehā i haria mai e ngā kaiwhakawhitiwhiti i te rautau tekau mā iwa. I adopted te maramataka kerekore e Peretānia i te tau 1752, ā, nā tēnā i nuku ai te tīmatanga o te tau mai i te 25 o Poutū-te-rangi ki te 1 o Kohitātea. I te wā i tū ai a Aotearoa hei koroni o Peretānia, i whai tātou i ēnei tikanga.
Heoi, he mea nui kia mahara he tau hou anō tō te Māori, ko Matariki te ingoa. Ahakoa ko te 1 o Kohitātea te rā i whakaritea e te ture hei tīmatanga o te tau ā-maramataka, mō te Māori, ko te ara ake o te kāhui whetū o Matariki (te Puanga rānei i ētahi iwi) i te takurua te tohu o te tau hou tūturu. I ēnei rā, e whakanui ana a Aotearoa i ēnei tau hou e rua: ko te tau hou o te ao i te raumati, me te tau hou Māori i te takurua (he hararei tūmatanui ināianei mai i te tau 2022).
Ko te Rā o te Tau Hou he hararei ao whānui, ehara i te mea e whakanui ana i tētahi kaupapa tōrangapū, karakia rānei i Aotearoa. He hararei ā-pāpori kē, e arotahi ana ki te whakahou i te wairua me te tinana. I te tau 1894, i whakamanahia te Rā o te Tau Hou hei hararei ā-ture i raro i te Ture o ngā Rā Whakatā, ā, nō muri mai ka tāpirihia te rā tuarua (te 2 o Kohitātea) hei rā whakatā anō kia whai wā ai te hunga mahi ki te hoki mai i ō rātou haerenga, ki te whakatā rānei i muri i ngā whakanui.
Ngā Tikanga me te Whakanui a te iwi o Aotearoa
Ko te whakanui i te Tau Hou i Aotearoa he huinga o te harakoa o te pō me te rangimārie o te rā.
Te Pō o te Tau Hou (New Year's Eve)
Ahakoa ehara te Pō o te Tau Hou i te hararei tūmatanui, koinei te wā e tino kaha ana te whakanui. Kei ngā tāone nui katoa ngā whakaaturanga pūhihi (fireworks). Ko te Sky Tower i Tāmaki Makaurau te tohu matua o ēnei whakanui. He mano tini ngā tāngata ka hui ki te pokapū o te tāone ki te mātakitaki i ngā pūhihi e kopere ana i te tihi o te pourewa i te paunga o te tekau mā rua o te pō.I ngā wāhi takutai pēnei i Mount Maunganui, Whangamata, me Wanaka, he marea ngā whānau me ngā rangatahi ka hui ki te taha moana. He maha hoki ngā huihuinga puoro (music festivals) ka tū puta noa i te motu, pēnei i te 'Rhythm and Vines' i tūranga (Gisborne)—koinei te tāone tuatahi i te ao e kite ana i te rā hou—me te 'Rhythm and Alps' i te Tonga.
Te Rā o te Tau Hou (New Year's Day)
I te 1 o Kohitātea, ka tau te rangimārie ki runga i te motu. Ko te nuinga o te iwi kei te:- Whakatā: He maha te hunga kei te whakaora i te tinana i muri i te pō roa.
- Rorerore (BBQ): He mea nō te ahurea o Aotearoa te rorerore i te raumati.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about New Year's Day in New Zealand
Ko te rā o te Tau Hou i te tau 2026 ka tū hei te Thursday, January 1, 2026. E 0 noa iho ngā rā e toe ana ki tēnei rā whakahirahira. He rā tēnei e whakanuia ana puta noa i te motu hei tīmatanga mō te tau maramataka hōu. I te mea ko Aotearoa tētahi o ngā whenua tuatahi i te ao e kite ana i te rā e kake ana, he huihuinga nui ēnei huri noa i te motu.
Ae, he rā whakatā tūmatanui te rā o te Tau Hou puta noa i Aotearoa. He rā whakatā ā-motu tēnei, ehara i te mea ā-rohe anake. I tua atu i tērā, he rā whakatā tūmatanui anō hei te 2 o Hanuere (te rā i muri i te Tau Hou). Nā tēnei, ka kati ngā peke, ngā tari kāwanatanga, ngā whare poutāpeta, me te nuinga o ngā toa hokohoko. He wā tēnei mō te okioki me te whakanui tahi me te whānau.
I tīmata te whakanui i te 1 o Hanuere i te tau 1752 i te wā i huri a Aotearoa me Ingarangi mai i te maramataka Julian ki te maramataka Gregorian. He whakanui tēnei i te tīmatanga hōu, ehara i te mea mō tētahi kaupapa hītori motuhake, engari he wā mō te whakatakoto wawata mō te tau kei te heke mai. He rā tēnā mō te whakahoutanga i te hinengaro me te tinana, ā, koinei te take i whakatakotoria ai he rā whakatā tuarua i te 2 o Hanuere.
He rā whakangā tēnei mō te nuinga o te hunga i Aotearoa. I te mea he raumati te kaupeka, he maha ngā tāngata e haere ana ki ngā takutai moana, e tunu kai ana i waho (barbecue), e huihui ana rānei me te whānau i ngā papa rēhia. Ko te hunga i whakanui i te pō o te Tau Hou ka whakamahi i tēnei rā ki te whakaora i te tinana. He wā tēnei e kī ana i te hauora, te rā, me te noho tahi i raro i te rangi mahana o te raumati.
Ko te hui nui rawa atu kei Tāmaki Makaurau, i reira ka huihui te tini o te tangata ki te mātakitaki i ngā mahi pūhipuhi (fireworks) i te Sky Tower i te waenganui pō. He maha hoki ngā konohete puoro me ngā tatauranga i ngā tāone nui huri noa i te motu. He tino hikaka te hauwaitau i te mea ko Aotearoa tētahi o ngā iwi tuatahi ki te mihi ki te tau hōu, ā, ka kitea tēnei harikoa i roto i ngā mahi whakangahau i te pō katoa.
Mēnā kei te whakamahere koe ki te toro mai, he mea nui kia raka i mua i te wā i te mea he tino pukumahi tēnei wā o te tau. He uaua te rapu rererangi me ngā wāhi noho mēnā ka tatari roa. Kia mōhio hoki ka huri ngā mahere tereina me ngā pahi ki te rārangi rā whakatā. Ahakoa he raumati, he pai tonu te mau mai i tētahi kahu ua nā te mea ka taea te huri o te huarere i Aotearoa i roto i te wā poto.
He mahana te huarere i te nuinga o te wā, i waenga i te 15 ki te 25 te nekehanga Celsius (59-77°F). He wā pai tēnei mō ngā mahi i waho, pēnei i te hīkoi i ngā ururua, te kauhoe, me te hākinakina. Heoi, he kaha te rā i Aotearoa, nō reira he mea nui kia mau i te pōtae me te pani rā. He casual noa te tūmomo maukahu, ka nui noa atu ngā kāhu raumati mō tēnei rā.
Ko te nuinga o ngā tari me ngā peke ka kati, engari i ngā tāone tūruhi pēnei i Tāhuna (Queenstown) me Rotorua, ka tūwhera pea etahi hokomaha mō ngā haora iti. He mea nui kia mahara ka kati te nuinga o ngā toa hokohoko noa. Mēnā e hiahia ana koe ki te hoko waipiro, kia mōhio he ture motuhake kei te mau tonu mō ngā rā whakatā tūmatanui, ā, ka rerekē pea ngā haora e taea ai te hoko i ngā wāhi rerekē.
Historical Dates
New Year's Day dates in New Zealand from 2010 to 2025
| Year | Day of Week | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Wednesday | January 1, 2025 |
| 2024 | Monday | January 1, 2024 |
| 2023 | Sunday | January 1, 2023 |
| 2022 | Saturday | January 1, 2022 |
| 2021 | Friday | January 1, 2021 |
| 2020 | Wednesday | January 1, 2020 |
| 2019 | Tuesday | January 1, 2019 |
| 2018 | Monday | January 1, 2018 |
| 2017 | Sunday | January 1, 2017 |
| 2016 | Friday | January 1, 2016 |
| 2015 | Thursday | January 1, 2015 |
| 2014 | Wednesday | January 1, 2014 |
| 2013 | Tuesday | January 1, 2013 |
| 2012 | Sunday | January 1, 2012 |
| 2011 | Saturday | January 1, 2011 |
| 2010 | Friday | January 1, 2010 |
Note: Holiday dates may vary. Some holidays follow lunar calendars or have different observance dates. Purple indicates weekends.
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