End of Daylight Saving, turn clock back an hour

A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

THE time has come to adjust your clocks, with Daylight Saving to end at 3am tomorrow.

That means setting timepieces back one hour before going to sleep tonight.

The 2022 start for Daylight Saving was 2am on Sunday September 25, when clocks went forward an hour.

Daylight Saving starts each year at 2am on the last Sunday of September, and ends at 3am on the first Sunday of April.

Daylight Saving starts this year on Sunday September 24.

New Zealand first introduced Daylight Saving time in 1927.

The current times have been fixed since 2007.

A 2008 survey found

82 percent of New Zealanders approved of the 2007 extension to the period of Daylight Saving.

Fire and Emergency NZ has made its usual call for people to check the batteries in home smoke alarms heading towards the colder months.