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New Year's celebrations are well underway - despite the dreary weather in many regions.
Christchurch children have been the first to welcome the New Year, with a mock countdown with confetti cannons at 7pm at North Hagley Park.
The alcohol-free event included performances by headline act Kora and DJs, before what was described as an "epic" fireworks display.
Dunedin was embracing its Scottish heritage, with a piper to see in the New Year at a party in the Octagon.
In Auckland, half a tonne of fireworks launched from the Sky Tower for New Year.
Six months of planning and design work took just five minutes to show off when 3500 individual shots were launched at midnight.
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