Easter Monday

Rāhina o te Aranga: He Aratohu Whānui mō te Rā whakatā i Aotearoa

Ko te Rāhina o te Aranga (Easter Monday) tētahi rā whakahirahira i roto i te maramataka o Aotearoa. He rā tēnei e whakakapi ana i te wiki roa o te Aranga, he wā hoki e huihui ai te whānau, e pūhoi ai te haere o te ao, me te whakanui i te tīmatanga o te ngahuru ki te motu. Ahakoa he rā hāpai i te hāhi Karaitiana, kua huri hei rā whakatā ā-motu e pai ai te iwi ki te hākinakina, ki te haereere rānei i mua i te hokinga ki te mahi me te kura.

I Aotearoa nei, he mea motuhake te Aranga nā te mea ka taka mai i te wā e huri ana te āhua o te rangi. Kua pahemo te raumati, ā, kei te tīmata te kōrehu o te ata me te huri o te tae o ngā rau rākau ki te kōwhai me te karaka. Ko te Rāhina o te Aranga te rā whakamutunga o tēnei hararei e rārangi tahi ana me te Paraire Pai (Good Friday). He wā tēnei e kite ai tātou i te tini o te tangata e rere ana i runga i ngā waka rererangi, e whakawhiti ana i te Moana o Raukawa i runga i ngā waka kōpaka, e piki ana rānei i ngā huanui o te motu ki te toro i o rātou whānau.

Ko te mauri o tēnei rā i roto i ngā tikanga o Aotearoa, ko te whakangā. Whai muri i ngā huihuinga hāhi o te Rātapu, ko te Rāhina te wā mō te kai tahi, te haere ki ngā mākete, me te whakapau i ngā hāora whakamutunga o te wiki roa ki waho i te whare. Mo te hunga mahi, he rā whakatā ā-ture tēnei, e hāpai ana i te oranga ngākau me te taha whānau.

Āhea te Rāhina o te Aranga i te tau 2026?

He rā taurangi te Aranga, ko tōna rā ka whakatauhia e te Maramataka o te Hāhi Katorika, i runga i te huringa o te marama. Mō te tau 2026, koinei ngā kōrero mō te rā:

Te rā: April 6, 2026 Te rā o te wiki: Monday Te tawhiti mai i tēnei rā: 93 ngā rā e toe ana

Nā te mea he rā taurangi tēnei, ka huri te rā i ia tau, engari ka noho tonu hei Rāhina i nga wa katoa. I te tau 2026, ka taka mai te Rāhina o te Aranga ki te tīmatanga o te marama o Paenga-whāwhā, he wā tino pai mō te hunga e hiahia ana ki te kite i te ataahua o te ngahuru ki ngā rohe pēnei i Te Tauihu o te Waka-a-Māui, i Central Otago rānei.

Te Pūtakenga me te Tikanga o te Rā

Ko te Rāhina o te Aranga te rā i muri mai i te aranga ake o Ihu Karaiti i te mate, e ai ki te whakapono Karaitiana. Ahakoa i te Rātapu te tino whakanui i te ranga, he rā te Rāhina hei whai whakaaro ki taua merekara. I ngā tau o mua i Aotearoa, he tino kaha te taha hāhi o tēnei hararei, ā, he tini ngā tāngata i haere ki te whare karakia.

I ēnei rā, ahakoa kei te mau tonu te hunga whakapono ki aua tikanga, kua piki ake te taha rēhia o te rā. Heoi, kei te mau tonu te ingoa "Easter Monday" hei tohu i tōna hononga ki te porowhita o te Aranga. He rā tēnei e tohu ana i te tūmanako me te tīmatanga hou, he kaupapa e hāngai ana ki te katoa o te marea, ahakoa he whakapono tōna, kāore rānei.

Ngā Tikanga me te Whakanui i Aotearoa

He maha ngā huarahi e whakanui ai te iwi o Aotearoa i tēnei rā. Nā te mea he Rāhina, ko te nuinga o te iwi kei te whakarite mō te hoki ki te mahi, engari he maha tonu ngā mahi rēhia:

1. Te Kai me te Whānau

Ko te kai tahi tētahi o ngā tino tikanga. He maha ngā whānau ka hui mō te Tina o te Aranga (Easter Lunch). I te Rāhina, he maha ngā toenga kai i te rā o mua (pēnei i te reme tunu, i te hamu rānei) ka kainga. Ko te kai i te "Hot Cross Bun" he tikanga e kore e ngaro. He bun reka tēnei me te ripeka i runga, e tohu ana i te hāhi Karaitiana, engari he kai tino paingia e te katoa mō te parakuihi, te tī rānei o te ahiahi.

2. Te Rapu Hēki tiakarete

Ahakoa ko te Rātapu te rā matua mō te "Easter Egg Hunt," he maha ngā huihuinga hapori ka tū i te Rāhina. Ka hunaia e ngā mātua ngā hēki tiakarete huri noa i te māra mā te tamariki e kimi. He wā tēnei e kī ana i te harakoa me te menemene.

3. Ngā Haerenga ki waho

I te mea koinei te wiki roa whakamutunga i mua i te takurua mō te nuinga, ka whakamahia te Rāhina hei rā haere ki te tātahi, ki te ngahere rānei. Ko te hīkaika, te hīkoi i ngā ara ngahere, me te noho puni (camping) ngā tino mahi. Ko ngā wāhi pēnei i Queenstown me Arrowtown he tino rongonui i tēnei wā nā te mea kei te huri te tae o ngā rākau, he tirohanga whakamiharo tērā.

4. Ngā Huihuinga ā-Rohe

He maha ngā tāone puta noa i te motu e whakarite ana i ngā hākinakina, ngā whakaaturanga toi, me ngā mākete i te Rāhina o te Aranga. He wā pai tēnei mō ngā kaitoi ā-rohe ki te tohu i ā rātou mahi ki te tini o te hunga haereere.

Te Haerere i te Wiki o te Aranga

He wā tino pukumahi te wiki o te Aranga mō te haereere i Aotearoa. Mai i te Paraire ki te Rāhina, ka kī ngā huanui i te waka. Waka Kōpaka (Interislander me Bluebridge): He mātotoru te tangata e whakawhiti ana i waenga i Te Ika-a-Māui me Te Waipounamu. Me matua tāpui (book) te tūru i mua noa atu. Wakarererangi: He nui te hiahia ki ngā rererangi ki ngā tāone nui pēnei i Queenstown, Nelson, me Taupō. Huanui: Ko te Rāhina te rā e hoki katoa ana te iwi ki te kāinga. He maha ngā wā ka tū te waka i ngā ara matua e tata ana ki Tāmaki Makaurau me Te Whanganui-a-Tara. He mea nui kia kaua e pukuriri i runga i te ara, me te mahara he hararei tēnei.

Ngā Rohe Rongonui mō te hararei Aranga

Mēnā kei te whakamahere koe i tētahi haerenga mō te Rāhina o te Aranga i te tau 2026, koinei ētahi o ngā wāhi tino pai:

Marlborough: He wā pai tēnei mō te toro i ngā mara wāina. Ko te kai o te tina i waenga i ngā rārangi wāina he wheako tino reka. Wellington: He maha ngā huihuinga i te taha o te whanga me ngā whare taonga pēnei i a Te Papa Tongarewa e tuwhera ana i te Rāhina mō te whānau. Central Otago: Ko te tae o te ngahuru i konei he mea kāore e kitea i tētahi atu wāhi o te ao. He tino pai mō te hunga pai ki te tango whakaahua. Bay of Islands: Mēnā kei te rapu tonu koe i te mahana o te rā mō te ruku moana, ko te Tai Tokerau te wāhi pai.

Te Rā Whakatā ā-Ture (Public Holiday Status)

Ko te Rāhina o te Aranga he rā whakatā ā-motu i raro i te ture o Aotearoa (Holidays Act 2003). He mea nui kia mohio ki ngā ture e pā ana ki tēnei rā:

1. Ngā Kura me te Mātauranga

I roto i te punaha kura o Aotearoa, he rā whakatā te Rāhina o te Aranga. Engari, he rā anō e kīia ana ko te Easter Tuesday (te Rātu o te Aranga). Ahakoa ehara tēnei i te rā whakatā ā-motu mō te katoa, mō te nuinga o ngā kura kōhungahunga, kura tuatahi, me te kura tuarua, he rā whakatā tēnei. He tikanga tawhito tēnei hei tuku i te wiki roa rawa atu mō ngā kaiako me ngā tauira. Na reira, mēnā he mātua koe, me tirohia te maramataka o te kura i mua i te tau 2026.

2. Te Mahi i te Rāhina o te Aranga

Mēnā ka mahi koe i te Rāhina o te Aranga, ā, he rā mahi noa tēnei mōu, e ai ki te ture: Me utu koe ki te "time and a half" (te utu mō te haora me te hāwhe). Ka whiwhi koe i tētahi "alternative holiday" (he rā whakatā i tētahi atu rā mō muri atu), mēnā ko te Rāhina he rā mahi noa i roto i tō kirimana mahi.

3. Ngā Toa me te hokohoko

Kāore he herenga ture mō te rārangi hokohoko i te Rāhina o te Aranga (unlike Good Friday or Easter Sunday). Ko te tikanga, ka taea e ngā hokomaha (supermarkets), ngā toa hokohoko, me ngā whare kai te tuwhera i te rā katoa. Heoi, nā te mea he rā whakatā ā-ture tēnei mō ngā kaimahi, he maha ngā toa iti ka whakatau kia kaua e tuwhera, kia iti iho rānei ngā haora mahi. Ko te nuinga o ngā hokomaha nui ka tuwhera noa i te rā katoa.

He rerekētanga ā-rohe

Ahakoa he rā whakatā te Rāhina puta noa i te motu, i ētahi wā ka inaki tēnei ki ngā rā whakatā ā-rohe (Anniversary Days). Hei tauira, ko te rā whakatā o Southland i ētahi wā ka whakanuia i te Rātu o te Aranga. He mea pai kia tirohia ngā rā motuhake o tō rohe kia mōhio ai koe mēnā he rā whakatā anō kei te taha.

He Tohutohu mō te hunga haereere i te tau 2026

1. Tāpui wawe: Nā te mea ko te Rāhina o te Aranga 2026 ka taka ki te marama o Paenga-whāwhā, he wā tino rongonui tēnei mō te haereere. Tāpuia o nohoanga me o waka i mua noa atu.
2. Whakarite mō te rangi: He kōwhitiwhiti te rangi o te ngahuru i Aotearoa. Kia rite mō te rā, engari kia whai kakahu mahana hoki mēnā ka huri te hau ki te tonga.
3. Hokona ngā kai i mua: Ahakoa ka tuwhera ngā toa i te Rāhina, maharatia ko te Paraire me te Rātapu he rā rāhui mō te hokohoko i ngā hokomaha nui. Kaua e waiho te hoko kai mō te wiki katoa ki te mēneti whakamutunga.
4. Whakaute i te rā: He rā tēnei mō te whakangā. Me ngana ki te pūhoi i te haere, kia pai ai te ngākau me te taha wairua.

Whakarāpopototanga

Ko te Rāhina o te Aranga i Aotearoa he rā e whakakotahi ana i ngā tikanga onamata me te hiahia o te tangata hou ki te whakatā. I te tau 2026, i te April 6, 2026, ka whai waahi anō te iwi ki te rongo i te mahana o te whānau me te ataahua o te motu. Ahakoa he rā whakatā i te mahi, he rā mahi i te harakoa. Mai i te haunga o te "Hot Cross Bun" ki te hākinakina i te taha moana, ko te Rāhina o te Aranga he tohu mō te oranga o Aotearoa – he iwi e mōhio ana ki te whakanui i te wā me te hunga e aroha nuitia ana.

Kia hoki mai te rā o te April 6, 2026, kia mahara ki te whakatā, ki te kai pai, me te pai o te haere i runga i ngā huanui. He rā tēnei mōu, mō tō whānau, me te iwi katoa o te motu. He rā whakatā ā-motu tēnei e whakawātea ana i a tātou i ngā pēhanga o te mahi, kia hoki ai te mauri mō te toenga o te tau.