Updated April 06, 2017. People are often startled by their first encounter with a house centipede. I often receive photos of them with the question, What the heck is this thing I found in my house?!. Scary as it may seem, the house centipede, Scutigera coleoptrata, is really quite harmless.
Current local time in Christchurch New Zealand is 12:34 PM NZST. Today is Thursday, August 10, 2017 in Christchurch.
The main islands are 12 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+12 = NZST = New Zealand Standard Time) and 20 hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time (PST). Daylight Saving (UTC+13 = NZDT = New Zealand Daylight Time) begins on the last Sunday in September and ends on the first Sunday in April.