When the clock strikes 2am on Sunday morning, clocks in Aotearoa will move an hour forward marking the start of daylight savings.
While moving your clocks forward, Fire and Emergency NZ is also encouraging everyone to check their smoke alarms this weekend as well as their timepieces.
While moving your clocks forward, Fire and Emergency NZ is also encouraging everyone to check their smoke alarms this weekend as well as their timepieces. Daylight saving ends on April 2 2023. [Daylight saving officially starts](https://www.govt.nz/browse/recreation-and-the-environment/daylight-saving/) at 2am, when clocks will roll forward an hour as the summer months approach.
The changing of the clocks: Clocks move forward an hour on Sunday for daylight saving.
You don't want to buy a $500 dress to wear one time." "People want to be seen to wear a brand. On that note, the best product for children is the one you can get them to put on." They don't have the space, time, but a pot or two of cosmos, you look out the window at that every day and you're happy, right?" "Pack your gear the night before so you're good to go," she says. Weigh all your whole spices and blend them in a spice blender. However, these fancy sunflowers that look great in a vase are often bred to have no pollen, which means no sunflowers seeds for the birds later in the year." For Tauranga residents, visit [eventfinda.co.nz](http://eventfinda.co.nz) and [bayofplentynz.com](http://bayofplentynz.com) Store in glass jars to keep fresh. They don't want to spend a lot of money. Battery-powered rotisserie for chicken (from Bunnings)." "People aren't doing gardens as much as they used to.
OPINION: Let's stop this failed attempt for more leisure in the evening hours once and for all.
Let's stop this failed attempt at climatic wish fulfilment and shave off the first three weeks of daylight saving. I accept that binning time tampering completely is probably a non-starter, but the three-week extension makes no sense. It's not as bad as China and India, which have only one time zone for their vast landmasses. In contrast to Invercargill, Auckland's longest day ends an hour earlier. It's dark; end of story. A few years ago, I was in Bluff the week we put our clocks forward. A small increase, it's true. [introduced in the 1920s](https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/the-1920s/1927) for summer, [was made all year round.](https://time.com/3695333/daylight-saving-time-wwii/) Another factor northerners don't consider is the long southern summer twilights. [poll](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/31/eu-recommend-member-states-abolish-daylight-saving-time) concluded that a majority of continentals were sick of the changeover; warranting ending the ridiculous process. [Reminding ourselves of the best things about Summer](https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/wellbeing/300484676/reminding-ourselves-of-the-best-things-about-summer?rm=a) No you won't.