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Monday 21 September 2020

DayLight Saving

 


1.When does Daylight saving start each year in New Zealand?

Answer: Last Sunday in September

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



2.What year did Daylight saving start


Answer: New Zealand first introduced daylight savings time in 1927 


3.Why was daylight saving started? 


Answer: In 1909, the parliamentarian Thomas Sidey proposed to move the clocks 1 hour forward in New Zealand's summer period to allow for an extra hour of daylight in the evenings. But is wan't officially introduced until 1927.


4. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/107348361/times-up-should-we-end-daylight-saving-in-new-zealand

Answer: I think Daylight Saving shouldn't continue because we are losing an sleep 


5. Do all the states in Australia have daylight saving? Who does? Who doesn't? 


Answer: In AustraliaDaylight saving is observed in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and Norfolk Island. Daylight saving is not observed in Queensland, the Northern Territory, Western Australia, Christmas Island or the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.


6. Write 3 tips to help others adjust to daylight savings this weekend.


Stick to your bedtime routine

Go to bed earlier 

Relax before bed



1 comment:

  1. Hi Tia,

    Its really cool that you know all these facts about Daylights Savings.
    Maybe next time you could add a intro, outro and a question?

    Do you like Daylights Savings?

    Looking forward to your reply,
    Susie

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