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In recent years Matariki, the Maori New Year, has been celebrated by many New Zealanders, Maori and non-Maori alike. It is becoming an increasingly important part of the New Zealand calendar. Matariki in 2011 began on 4 June.

More than 100,000 ethnic Chinese who call New Zealand home celebrate the Chinese New Year on 23 January this year.

The trial proved popular with most New Zealanders and daylight saving of one hour (from October to March) was made permanent in 1975.

Educational activities are provided that support the teaching of measuring time.

Parliamentarians' favourite subjects appeared in cartoons. T.K. Sidey campaigned long and hard for the introduction of daylight saving in the early 1900s, and his New Zealand Local Time Bill became a hardy annual in the House.