There is no standard 8-to-6 overlap. Someone joins early or late.
There's no shared 9-to-5 between Auckland and Manchester; at 13 hours apart, one city's workday is the other's evening or night. Your best bet is one team taking an early-morning or late-evening call — alternating who stretches keeps it fair over time.
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