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Before going to bed tonight, Kiwis will want to make sure they set their clocks forward an hour so that daylight saving time comes during the night.
Daylight saving time starts tomorrow, which means the clocks advance one hour at 2 a.m. M.
It begins each year on the last Sunday in September and ends at 3 a.m. M. From the first Sunday in April.
Earlier this week, former United Future leader Peter Dunne spoke to TVNZ1’s Breakfast about the annual sleep hour sacrificed each September after he successfully led a campaign to extend daylight savings time by three weeks in 2007.
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The former United Future leader was behind his three-week extension in 2007. Source: Breakfast
“Most people enjoy those extra hours of sunlight during the warmer months,” Dunne said.
“The benefits are simply that people can enjoy the summer after work more, more time with family and friends, and not be locked in the dark during those horrible long winter and fall months.”
The event is also important to Fire and Emergency New Zealand, which uses it as a reminder for Kiwis to check their smoke alarms while on the wall changing clocks.
