The first weekend of daylight saving is set to get off to a cracking start with MetService predicting balmy weather across the country.
Clocks will go forward by one hour on Sunday with 2am becoming 3am.
And the sun will be out across the nation for the first weekend of the longer daytime hours and school holidays.
But the southwest of the South Island won't be so lucky, MetService meteorologist Angus Hines says.
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The far south is in for a heavy dose of rain this weekend with heavy rain warnings in place for Westland and Fiordland.
Up to 150mm is expected to fall over a 12-hour period from 2pm on Saturday.
As for the rest of the country it's looking "pretty good" Mr Hines says.
"A lot of Aotearoa is looking good."
Auckland is set for a sunny weekend with moderate temperatures in their late teens.
"It won't be too warm but comfortable."
Daylight saving was first introduced in 1927, however the dates and times were changed several times over the following years.
During the mid-1940s, New Zealand standard time was advanced permanently by half an hour, and daylight saving time was effectively discontinued. This lasted until 1974, when an advance of one hour in summer was reintroduced.
It came after dairy farmers got up in arms over the idea of having to milk cows in the dark, and parents with young children worried about getting them to sleep while it was still light, the Ministry of Internal Affairs says.
The department advises while adjusting your clocks its a great time to check other devices, such as batteries in your smoke alarms and checking emergency plans, survival kits.
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