Daylight saving ends in the early hours of Sunday morning, at 3am to be precise, when it will suddenly be 2am.

So don't forget to turn your clocks back an hour before going to bed on Saturday.

You will gain an hour overnight, but from now on the days will be shorter.

ACC has issued a warning about the possible dangers brought on by the lack of daylight over the coming months, saying around 6000 Kiwis get injured on dark paths and driveways each year.

And the end to daylight saving may be a good time to check the batteries in your home smoke alarms.

What else would you do with your extra hour?

History of daylight saving in NZ

New Zealand first introduced daylight saving time in 1927. The current times have been fixed since 2007.

1868 — New Zealand officially set a national standard time — called New Zealand Mean Time — at 11 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

1927 — New Zealand first observed daylight saving time. The dates and time difference were changed several times over the following years.

1941 — New Zealand summer time was extended by emergency regulations to cover the whole year.

1946 — New Zealand summer time (12 hours in advance of GMT) was adopted as New Zealand standard time. Daylight saving time was effectively discontinued at this point.

1974–5 — Daylight saving was trialled again in 1974, and introduced in 1975. Daylight saving time is 1 hour ahead of New Zealand standard time.

1985 — Public attitudes were surveyed and over the next few years the period of daylight saving time was extended twice.

2006-07 — Following public debate and a petition presented to Parliament the period of daylight saving was extended to its current dates. New Zealand observes daylight saving from the last Sunday in September to the first Sunday in April.

2008 — Daylight saving public attitude survey.