Auckland became the first major city to welcome 2026 with a rain-dampened celebration, ringing in the new year with a downtown fireworks show launched from the Sky Tower, New Zealand’s tallest structure.

South Pacific countries are the first to bid farewell to 2025. Clocks strike midnight in Auckland, a population of 1.7 million, 18 hours before the famous ball drops in New York’s Times Square.

The five-minute display involved 3,500 fireworks launched from various

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