Moving the traditional New Zealand summer holiday has been posed by United Future leader Peter Dunne but questions have been raised about the logistics of the proposal and its affect on schools.
New Zealand's fight for a better summer holiday is going all the way to the Beehive.
Frustrated by less-than-summery conditions, United Future leader Peter Dunne has launched a campaign calling for the start of the holiday period to be moved to February.
Dunne, who successfully campaigned for an extension todaylight savings, has created an online petition to gauge public interest in a later holiday period.
"Our weather patterns are changing and we are increasingly seeing our dreams of a sunny BBQ at a beach turn into keeping the kids at home while weather bombs explode around the country," Dunne said.
Dunne said he was "calling on New Zealanders from North Cape to the Bluff" to give their views "so we can then have a proper look at ensuring we can all enjoy a real kiwi summer".
Metservice says temperatures in Auckland have been 1C lower than last summer. Wellington and Christchurch have also been colder than usual.
