{"id":207297,"date":"2025-12-29T21:19:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T21:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/207297\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T21:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T21:19:07","slug":"tauranga-cancels-five-community-new-years-eve-events-fireworks-still-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/207297\/","title":{"rendered":"Tauranga cancels five community New Year\u2019s Eve events, fireworks still possible"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a statement on Monday, the council said it made the decision to cancel the New Year\u2019s Eve events as weather reports indicated \u201csignificant rain bands and strong wind gusts during event set-up, with conditions highly likely to continue into Wednesday\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaking the decision allows our community time to plan alternative New Year\u2019s activities,\u201d the council said.<\/p>\n

\u201cDue to the cancellation, the planned road closure for The Strand on New Year\u2019s Eve will not go ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fireworks update<\/p>\n

Weather permitting, fireworks would hopefully take place from various locations around the city, the council said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTauranga City Council was still aiming to light up the skies at about 9.30pm and midnight to welcome the New Year. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe displays were expected to be visible across Mount Maunganui, P\u0101p\u0101moa, Matua, the city centre and Waimapu Estuary harbour areas. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis means you can enjoy the spectacular from where you\u2019re already celebrating or from a safe elevated vantage point.\u201d<\/p>\n

Updates will be shared via Tauranga City Council\u2019s Facebook and Instagram channels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a statement on Monday, the council said it made the decision to cancel the New Year\u2019s Eve…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[126513,1558,20703,28721,1259,8278,6461,3685,33841,1342,305,117,111,43,139,69,26346,17398,6100,1227,4998,1530],"class_list":["post-207297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-adverse","tag-been","tag-cancelled","tag-cancels","tag-community","tag-conditions","tag-eve","tag-events","tag-fireworks","tag-five","tag-have","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-planned","tag-possible","tag-still","tag-tauranga","tag-weather","tag-years"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}