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Half a tonne of fireworks set to launch from the Sky Tower for New Year in Auckland are being put through their final paces.
Six months of planning and design work will take just five minutes to show off when 3500 individual shots are launched at midnight.
But another severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for areas around Auckland, which is set to end at 10pm.
The storms, with very heavy rain, were detected around just after 5.50pm on Wednesday, mainly in areas north-west of the city
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