Winter Solstice 2024 Nz. Winter solstice takes place on december 21, 2024, in the northern hemisphere and on june 21, 2025, in the southern hemisphere. Traditionally, matariki is observed when the heliacal rising of the star cluster pleiades coincides with a specific moon phase that occurs on or just after the winter solstice.
Click here to see a previous. The winter solstice, or that point in time at which (from our viewpoint) the sun was furthermost to the north, occurred at 5:16am new zealand local time.