Our turn in four years

• Published date: 10 April 2024
• Author: WORLD: In the path of totality
• Publication title: Northern Advocate, The (Whangarei, New Zealand)

On a winter afternoon a little over four years from now, the moon will pass in front of the sun and plunge a narrow strip of the lower South Island into near-total darkness for close to three minutes

On July 22, 2028, Dunedin and Queenstown will be the only major centres in the country to experience a total solar eclipse, though the rest of the country will be able to observe a partial eclipse.

The last total eclipse to grace this part of the planet was in 1163 — more than 100 years prior to human settlement...