Those who missed yesterday's eclipse will have to wait another 16 years to catch a glimpse of it in New Zealand again.
People around the country were treated to varying degrees of a rare sight in the morning, when a partial eclipse of the sun changed the skies.
The phenomenon is caused by the moon passing directly between the Earth and the sun.
It reached its maximum about 10.21am at North Cape - with about 91 per cent of the sun obscured - and delighted both young and old who had either taken a break from work or were briefly allowed out of class to see the event.