Daylight saving nz

2022 - 4 - 2

Post cover
Image courtesy of "1 News"

Daylight saving: Clocks go back one hour tonight (1 News)

Officially, daylight saving ends at 3am on Sunday. Fire and Emergency says it's also a good time to check your smoke alarms - batteries, its cleanliness, its ...

Post cover
Image courtesy of "New Zealand Herald"

We can solve NZ's daylight saving debacle in half an hour (New Zealand Herald)

America is trying to end daylight saving once and for all. Here's how New Zealand can.

But I'll still sing along and remember all the times we did dumb things with our clocks twice a year, until we didn't. It's a meeting in the middle, Switzerland in the daylights savings war. The US senate has passed the Sunshine Protection Act, and if it passes the house of representatives too, all Joe Biden has to do is rubber stamp the thing and it becomes law. We could do the same thing in New Zealand, but we don't need laws, bills and Biden. There's a solution so simple I don't know why we haven't put it in place already. Listen to the experts. We're all going to be forced to repeat that hour, then deal with the consequences in the morning. You try telling a toddler to go back to bed because gremlins secretly changed the clocks and it's only 6am. So don't tell me this is the good one. Stock up on Powerade. Get some hash browns out of the freezer, because you're going to feel woozy. The day after your blissful Saturday, you're going to wake up messy. Temperatures remain in the mid-20s. In Auckland, the autumn weather has been fantastic.

Post cover
Image courtesy of "The Miracle Tech"

Spinoff: We can solve NZ's daylight saving debacle in half an hour (The Miracle Tech)

This weekend, the clocks go back an hour. Photo/Getty Images, Tina Tiller, The Spinoff.

The day after your blissful Saturday, you are going to be in a mess. Temperatures stay in the mid-20s. In Auckland, the autumn weather has been spectacular.

Explore the last week