What time is it in New Zealand?

The zones

The 2 time zones of New Zealand

Identifiers as the IANA time zone database defines them, which is the database every operating system and browser resolves a zone against.

Pacific/Auckland

UTC+12:00UTC+12:00, UTC+13:00 in summer · most of New Zealand · the capital's zone

Pacific/Chatham

UTC+12:45UTC+12:45, UTC+13:45 in summer · Chatham Islands

Summer time

When the clocks change in New Zealand

The dates below are for Pacific/Auckland in 2026, read from the time zone database rather than from a remembered rule.

4 Apr

Clocks go back by 60 minutes, to UTC+12:00.

26 Sep

Clocks go forward by 60 minutes, to UTC+13:00.

The light

Sunrise and sunset in Wellington

Computed for -41.29, 174.78 at sea level, in Pacific/Auckland, on the four days that mark the year. Times are to the nearest minute and take no account of terrain.