Photo: Measurement Standards Laboratory
Up until 150 years ago, each New Zealand region had its own, different time zone. That all changed on 2nd November 1868 when New Zealand brought in a single time for the whole country, the first implementation of standard time in the world.
Lynn Freeman talks to Dr Bruce Warrington, Chief Metrologist and CEO of the National Measurement Institute, Australia, a counterpart to and partner of NZ's Measurement Standards Laboratory. Dr Warrington is an expert on the science behind standard time and the technological innovations it enables.
