Daylight savings only four weeks away
NZPA | Saturday, 1 September 2007
Spring is here and that means there's only four weeks to the start of the new, longer period of daylight saving.
Internal Affairs Minister Rick Barker has issued a reminder that daylight saving begins a week earlier this year, on Sunday September 30.
Clocks go forward an hour, and daylight saving will end on Sunday April 6 instead of the usual third Sunday in March.
"The new period of daylight saving will provide people with an extra hour of daylight in the evening to enjoy the outdoors," Mr Barker said.
"It will also avoid a clash with the start of the fourth school term, which has caused disruptions for schools and families in the past."
The Government decided in April to extend daylight saving by three weeks, to a 27-week period.
The move followed a petition, launched by UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne and Nelson city councillor Mark Holmes, which was signed by about 42,000 people.
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