Waipara in numbers
- Coordinates
- -43.0667, 172.7500
- Population
- 312
- Region
- Canterbury
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 259 km away
What time is it in Waipara, Canterbury, New Zealand
This page shows what the clocks read right now in Waipara, Canterbury, New Zealand, in the Pacific/Auckland zone (+13).
Waipara, New Zealand
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Waipara
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
Waipara keeps Pacific/Auckland clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:38 AM Solar noon 1:16 PM Sunset 7:53 PM Daylight 13 h 15 min Night 10 h 45 min Civil twilight 6:09 AM – 8:22 PM
Weather in Waipara right now
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Waipara and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 7447
- 7482
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Canterbury
Same time zone — Pacific/Auckland
- Auckland New Zealand
Nearby places
- Omihi — 9.8 km
- Amberley — 10.1 km
- Waikari — 12.4 km
- Leithfield — 14.9 km
- Balcairn — 15.4 km
- Hawarden — 17.6 km
Local time details for Waipara
Both Omihi and Amberley are near Waipara and keep its time.
2 codes make up the postal map of Waipara.
The time zone in effect for Waipara is Pacific/Auckland, at UTC+13. Daylight saving time observed: Yes.
The sun rises at 6:38 AM, sets at 7:53 PM, and stays over Waipara for 13 h 15 min. That is today's daylight.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone for Waipara?
- The time zone for Waipara is Pacific/Auckland, with an offset of +13.
- Is daylight saving time in force in Waipara?
- Daylight saving in Waipara: Yes.
- How early does the sun rise in Waipara?
- The first sunlight comes at 6:38 AM.