Daylight Saving is here – what you need to know to support tamariki over this period

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Losing an hour of sleep can be hard on your body clock.

So it’s no surprise that young children can seem particularly grumpy and out of sorts at the start of the daylight saving period. 

In Aotearoa, daylight saving begins on the last Sunday of September, when 2am becomes 3am.

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