Winter Solstice 2024 New Zealand. In new zealand, the next winter solstice takes place on friday 21 june 2025 at 2.41pm. Solar winter is measured 6 weeks either side of the winter solstice, or ‘shortest day’ of the year, which this year is on june 21 (at precisely 9:13pm).

In fact the word equinox is taken from the latin aequus (equal) and nox(night) or equal night. This file photo shows the star compass, atea a rangi, at waitangi, near napier.