When Is Winter Solstice 2024 Nz. We’re at the peak of the long dark nights as we approach the winter solstice, which this year is at precisely 2:57am new zealand time tomorrow, thursday june 22. In new zealand, the next winter solstice takes place on friday 21 june 2025 at 2.41pm.
The winter solstice — the exact moment when the sun appears farthest south in the sky — happens at 4:20 a.m. It is also the point in the calendar where the day length is more or less equal to the length of the night.