Makaraka in numbers
- Coordinates
- -38.6500, 177.9670
- Region
- Gisborne
- Country
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Capital
- Wellington — 400 km away
What time is it in Makaraka, Gisborne, New Zealand
The time in Makaraka, Gisborne, New Zealand at this very moment is shown below, in the Pacific/Auckland zone (+13).
Makaraka, New Zealand
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+13 · Pacific/Auckland
Local time in Makaraka
UTC+13 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Makaraka.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:23 AM Solar noon 12:55 PM Sunset 7:27 PM Daylight 13 h 05 min Night 10 h 55 min Civil twilight 5:55 AM – 7:54 PM
Weather in Makaraka right now
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Makaraka and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 4010 Kaiti — 5.8 km away
- 4040 Kaiti — 5.8 km away
- 4071 Waerengaahika — 6.3 km away
- 4045 Patutahi — 6.9 km away
- 4041 Tamarau — 7.9 km away
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 Gisborne
Same time zone — Pacific/Auckland
- Auckland New Zealand
Nearby places
Local time details for Makaraka
Postal codes assigned across Makaraka total 5.
Makaraka stands in Pacific/Auckland, an offset of UTC+13 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving: Yes.
The sun is up at 6:23 AM in Makaraka and down again at 7:27 PM. Between those times there are 13 h 05 min of daylight.
Matawhero and Te Hapara lie near Makaraka and keep identical time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does local time in Makaraka follow?
- Local time in Makaraka follows Pacific/Auckland, with an offset of +13.
- Does Makaraka adjust its clocks for part of the year?
- Yes.
- Can you tell me the sunset time in Makaraka?
- In Makaraka the sun sets at 7:27 PM.