New Zealand • February 14, 2026 • Saturday
Also known as: Valentine's Day
Ko te rā o Valentine, e mōhiotia ana ko te Rā o te Aroha, he rā motuhake e whakanuia ana puta noa i te ao, ā, he wāhi nui tōna i roto i te maramataka ahurea o Aotearoa. Ahakoa ehara i te rā whakatā ā-ture, he rā tēnei e kapi ana i te kare ā-roto, te aroha, me te hononga i waenga i te tangata. I Aotearoa, ko te rā o Valentine kei te pokapū o te raumati, e tuku ana i tētahi wairua rerekē ki tō te tuakoi raki. He wā tēnei mo te rā, te tātahi, me te tiri i te aroha i raro i te rā mahana o te tonga.
He mea motuhake tēnei rā i Aotearoa na te mea he whakakotahitanga o ngā tikanga o te Hauauru me te aronga ngāwari o te rongo o te kiwi. Ka kitea te aroha i roto i ngā tohu iti, pērā i te kāri i tuhia ā-ringatia, ki ngā tohu nunui rānei pērā i te kai i tētahi whare kai papai. Ko te mea nui, ko te whai wā ki te whakamihi i te tangata e arohaina ana e koe. He rā tēnei mō te hunga e whai hoa ana, engari i ēnei rā, kua piki ake te rongo o te "Galentine's Day" me te whakanui i te aroha ki te whānau me ngā hoa tata hoki.
I te mea he whenua e aroha ana ki te taiao, he maha ngā tāngata o Aotearoa e whiriwhiri ana ki te whakaputa i tō rātou aroha i waho. Ko te haere ki te tātahi mō te paoka, ko te piki maunga rānei i te wā e tō ana te rā, he tūmahi tino rongonui. He rerehua te kite i te huringa o te rā i te taha o te tangata e arohaina ana, ā, ko te āhuarangi o te marama o Hui-tanguru e tuku ana i te whai wāhitanga tino pai mō ēnei momo mahi.
Mō te hunga e whakamahere ana i tētahi mea motuhake, he mea nui kia mōhio ki ngā kōrero mō te rā e tū mai nei. I te tau 2026, ka tū te rā o Valentine i:
Rā o te wiki: Saturday Te Rā: February 14, 2026 Te roa ki te rā: 42 ngā rā e toe ana
He rā pūmau te rā o Valentine, ko te 14 o Hui-tanguru i ia tau, i ia tau. Heoi, na te mea ka tū tēnei i te Saturday i te tau 2026, he nui ake te whai wāhitanga mō ngā tokorua ki te whakamahere i tētahi wiki katoa o te aroha, tētahi haerenga rānei ki tētahi wāhi kē atu i tō rātou kāinga noho noa.
Ko te Rā o Valentine he kōrero roa tōna e hoki ana ki te wā o te empaia o Roma. I tapaina te rā ki te ingoa o Saint Valentine, he pirihimana Karaitiana i ora i te rautau tuatoru. E ai ki te kōrero, i whakatūria te rā hei hōnore mōna i muri i tōna matenga. He maha ngā pūrākau e pā ana ki a Saint Valentine; ko tētahi e kī ana i mārena ia i ngā hōia i roto i te huna i te wā i aukatihia ai te mārena e te emepera. Ko tētahi atu e kī ana i tuhia e ia te kāri "Valentine" tuatahi ki te tamāhine a tana kaitiaki whare herehere i mua tonu i tōna matenga.
Ahakoa ko tōna timatanga he hāhi, i te roanga o te wā, ka huri hei whakanui i te aroha arā, te "romantic love". I te rautau 14 me te 15, ka puta ake ngā rotarota me ngā kōrero aroha e hono ana ki te rā o Valentine, na ngā kaituhi pērā i a Geoffrey Chaucer. I te rautau 18 i Ingarangi, ka timata te tuku kāri, puāwai, me ngā reka hei tohu aroha, ā, koinei te turanga o ngā tikanga e kite ana tātou i ēnei rā.
I Aotearoa, kua tangohia ēnei tikanga mai i te Hauauru. Karekau he hītori iwi taketake (Māori) e pā ana ki tēnei rā i mua i te taenga mai o te Pākehā, engari kua whakatūria hei wāhi o te ahurea hou o te motu. He rite tonu te whakanui i konei ki tā te United Kingdom me te United States, engari me te āhua o te raumati o te tuakoi rāwhiti.
He rerekē te āhua o te whakanui i te rā o Valentine i Aotearoa i runga i te tangata, engari he maha ngā tikanga noa e whai ana te nuinga:
1. Te Tuku Kāri me ngā Puāwai Ko te tuku kāri me ngā puāwai, ina koa ko ngā rōhi whero, te tikanga tino rongonui. He maha ngā toa puāwai puta noa i te motu e pukumahi ana i ēnei rā. He tohu tēnei mō te aroha hohonu. Ko te tuku kāri he huarahi hei whakaatu i te ngakau pono, ā, i ēnei rā, he maha ngā kāri e whai ana i te reo Māori me te reo Pākehā, e whakaatu ana i te tuakiri rua o te motu.
2. Te Kai i waho He rā nui tēnei mō ngā whare kai. Mai i Kaitaia ki te hiku o te motu ki Bluff, ka kiki ngā whare kai i te hunga aroha. He maha ngā whare kai e tuku ana i ngā tahua motuhake (set menus) mō te rā o Valentine. I te mea he Saturday te rā i te tau 2026, he mea nui kia rāhui (book) i mua noa atu, na te mea ka tere kiki ngā wāhi tino pai i te pō o te Rāhoroi.
3. Ngā Toha me te Sukaleti Ko te tiakarete he upoko nui o te rā o Valentine. He maha ngā kamupene tiakarete o Aotearoa (pērā i a Whittaker's me ngā toa tiakarete iti) e hanga ana i ngā pouaka motuhake mō tēnei rā. He toha noa hoki ngā momo whakapaipai (jewelry) pērā i te pounamu, e whai mana hohonu ana i roto i te ahurea o Aotearoa hei tohu hononga me te aroha pumau.
4. Ngā Mahi i waho Na te mea ko te rā o Valentine kei te pokapū o te raumati, he pai te haere ki te tātahi, ki te ngahere rānei. Ko te haere ki tētahi mara waina i Waiheke Island, i Marlborough rānei mō te kai tina, he mea tino pai ki te nuinga. He maha hoki ngā tāngata e whiriwhiri ana ki te haere ki ngā konohete i waho, ki ngā whitiāhua rānei i raro i te rangi (outdoor cinemas).
5. Te Whakanui i te Whānau me ngā Hoa Ahakoa he rā mō te hunga aroha, he maha ngā tāngata i Aotearoa e whakamahi ana i tēnei rā hei whakaatu i te aroha ki ā rātou tamariki, mātua, hoa tata rānei. He wā tēnei hei whakapakari i ngā hononga katoa o te ora.
Ki te mea kei Aotearoa koe hei tūruhi, hei tangata hou rānei i te rā o Valentine 2026, anei ētahi tohutohu whaihua:
Rāhui wawe: Mena kei te hiahia koe ki te kai i tētahi whare kai rongonui i Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland), Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington), Ōtautahi (Christchurch) rānei, me rāhui i te iti rawa kia rua, kia toru wiki i mua. He pukumahi rawa ēnei wāhi i te Saturday. Te Āhuarangi: He marama mahana a Hui-tanguru. Kia mahara ki te mau i te kirimi rā (sunscreen) me te pōtae mena kei waho koe. He kaha rawa te rā i Aotearoa. Ngā Toa: Ka tūwhera ngā toa katoa. Ka kite koe i te maha o te tiakarete me te puāwai i roto i ngā hokomaha (supermarkets) pērā i a Countdown (Woolworths), New World, me Pak'nSave.
He mea nui kia mahara ko te Rā o Valentine ka tū i muri tata tonu i te Rā o Waitangi (te 6 o Hui-tanguru). Ko te Rā o Waitangi ko te rā ā-motu o Aotearoa, ā, he rā whakatā ā-ture tēnei. I te tau 2026, ko te Rā o Waitangi he Paraire. Ko te tikanga, he wiki roa tēnā mō te nuinga o ngā kaimahi.
Ko te rā o Valentine ka tū i te wiki i muri mai. Ahakoa he tata tahi ngā rā e rua, he tino rerekē te āhua. Ko te Rā o Waitangi he rā mō te hītori, te tōrangapū, me te kotahitanga o te motu, mō te maumahara ki te Tiriti o Waitangi. Ko te Rā o Valentine he rā whaiaro ake, e titiro ana ki te aroha o te tangata ki tētahi atu. Heoi, na te mea he tata tahi, he maha ngā tāngata ka noho tonu i roto i te wairua whakanui me te whakatā i roto i te marama katoa o Hui-tanguru.
He pātai tēnei e rongo ana i te nuinga o te wā: Ehara te Rā o Valentine i te rā whakatā ā-ture (public holiday) i Aotearoa.
He aha te take o tēnei mō te tangata?
Ko te rā o Valentine i Aotearoa he wā hei whakanui i te aroha i raro i te rā o te raumati. Mai i te tuku rōhi ki te kai i te taha o te moana, he maha ngā huarahi hei whakaatu i te aroha. I te tau 2026, ko te February 14, 2026 te rā hei maumahara. Ahakoa he rā mahi noa mō te nuinga, ko te wairua o te aroha e rere ana i roto i ngā hapori puta noa i te motu.
Ahakoa he tangata paetahi koe, he tangata whai hoa rānei, he wā pai tēnei hei titiro ki te hunga e noho tata ana ki a koe me te kī, "He aroha tōku ki a koe." I te mea he whenua iti a Aotearoa, ko te kaha o o tātou hononga tangata tētahi o o tātou tino taonga. No reira, ahakoa he tohu nui, he tohu iti rānei, kia kaha te whakanui i te aroha i tēnei rā o Valentine e haere ake nei.
Common questions about Valentine's Day in New Zealand
Ko te Rā o te Aroha i te tau 2026 ka tū i te Saturday, February 14, 2026. Mai i te mutunga o te tau 2025, e 42 ngā rā e toe ana tae noa ki tēnei rā whakahirahira. He rā tēnei hei whakanui i te aroha me te hoahoa puta noa i te motu, ahakoa ehara i te rā whakatā mana, he wā pai tēnei mo ngā hoa rangatira ki te noho tahi.
Kāo, ehara te Rā o te Aroha i te rā whakatā tūmatanui i Aotearoa. He rā whakanui noa iho i te maramataka, nō reira ka tuwhera tonu ngā kura, ngā tari, me ngā pakihi katoa i runga i te tikanga o ia rā. Kāore he ture motuhake mō te kati i ngā toa. He rerekē tēnei ki te Rā o Waitangi, he rā whakatā tūmatanui tērā i te 6 o Pēpuere, he rā whakahirahira ake i te taha ki te ture.
I tīmata te Rā o te Aroha hei rā hākari Karaitiana hei whakahonore i a Hato Valentine, engari i roto i ngā tau kua huri hei whakanui ā-ahurea mō te aroha rōpū. I Aotearoa, he mea kawe mai tēnei tikanga i te uru o te ao. Kāore he hononga ā-hitori motuhake o tēnei rā ki te ahurea Māori, ki te hitori o te motu rānei, engari he wā e whakaatuhia ai te aroha mā te tuku kāri, te tiakarete, me te pua rōhi.
He rā whakanui motuhake tēnei mā te tangata takitahi, kaua mā te hapori katoa. He rerekē ki ngā huihuinga nui, ka whiriwhiri ngā hoa rangatira ki te mahi i ngā mea rōpū pēnei i te haere ki te kai i tētahi whare kai, te tuku koha rānei. I te mea he raumati te rangi i te marama o Pēpuere i Aotearoa, he rā pai tēnei mō te hīkoi i te tātahi, te pikiniki i te papa rēhia, te mahi rānei i ngā mahi o waho i raro i te rā mahana.
Ko te tuku kāri aroha, te tiakarete, me ngā pua ngā tikanga matua i Aotearoa. He maha ngā tāngata ka hoko puawai, ina rā ko te rōhi whero. Kāore he parade, he huihuinga tūmatanui rānei e tū ana; he mea noa iho te whakanui i roto i te noho pūmau o te tokorua. He mea nui te noho puku me te whakaute i te tūmataiti o te tangata i tēnei rā, i te mea he kaupapa whaiaro tēnei.
Mō te hunga manuhiri, he mea pai kia mōhio he rā noa iho tēnei ki te nuinga o ngā pakihi. Heoi, ki te hiahia koe ki te haere ki tētahi whare kai rongonui i ngā taone nui pēnei i Tāmaki Makaurau, i Te Whanganui-a-Tara rānei, me tono wawe koe i tētahi tēpu i te mea ka apiapi haere aua tūranga. He rā noa iho te kākahu, kāore he kawa motuhake, nō reira he ngāwari noa te whai i ngā tikanga o te motu.
I te mea ko Pēpuere te wā o te raumati i Aotearoa, he maha ngā hoa rangatira ka whakamahi i te mahana o te rangi hei whakangā ki waho. He rerekē tēnei ki te tuakoi raki e whakanui ana i te hōtoke. He pai te rangi mō te tūhura i te taiao, te haere ki te moana, te pikiniki rānei i te ahiahi i raro i te kōmaru. He mea nui te mau kōpaki rā me te pōtae i te mea he kaha te rā o Aotearoa i tēnei wā o te tau.
Ae, ko te Rā o Waitangi te rā nui rawa atu i te marama o Pēpuere, ka whakanuia i te 6 o ngā rā. He rā whakatā tūmatanui tēnei e whakamaumahara ana i te hainatanga o te Tiriti o Waitangi. I te mea he tata ēnei rā e rua, i ētahi wa ka whai wāhi te tangata ki te tango rā whakatā roa hei whakangā i mua i te Rā o te Aroha, ina rā mena ka hinga aua rā ki te pito o te wiki.
Valentine's Day dates in New Zealand from 2010 to 2025
| Year | Day of Week | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Friday | February 14, 2025 |
| 2024 | Wednesday | February 14, 2024 |
| 2023 | Tuesday | February 14, 2023 |
| 2022 | Monday | February 14, 2022 |
| 2021 | Sunday | February 14, 2021 |
| 2020 | Friday | February 14, 2020 |
| 2019 | Thursday | February 14, 2019 |
| 2018 | Wednesday | February 14, 2018 |
| 2017 | Tuesday | February 14, 2017 |
| 2016 | Sunday | February 14, 2016 |
| 2015 | Saturday | February 14, 2015 |
| 2014 | Friday | February 14, 2014 |
| 2013 | Thursday | February 14, 2013 |
| 2012 | Tuesday | February 14, 2012 |
| 2011 | Monday | February 14, 2011 |
| 2010 | Sunday | February 14, 2010 |
Note: Holiday dates may vary. Some holidays follow lunar calendars or have different observance dates. Purple indicates weekends.