PHOTO: GETTY IMAGESKim Jong-un's Pyongyang marches on its own time but now a tiny South Island tourist town will join the rebellious nation and set its own clocks. When New Zealand "springs forward" into daylight saving this weekend, Te Anau will never go back. The picturesque Fiordland lakeside town - population 2760 – is shifting to "Te Anau Time". If people were weighing up where to spend summer holidays, say between Whitianga and Fiordland, the extra hour of daylight could swing them in the southern favour, Benfell reckons. And just what permanent summer-time might look like in Te Anau come the winter months, Benfell says "time will tell".

Source: Otago Daily Times September 19, 2021 23:59 UTC