Click here to watch the fireworks live on TVNZ+ from 11.55pm<\/a><\/p>\nHow to watch from home<\/p>\n
For those celebrating from the couch, TVNZ will broadcast the countdown and midnight moment live on TVNZ 1 and TVNZ 2. Watch live channels on TVNZ+.<\/p>\n
SkyCity will also live stream video of the fireworks online.<\/p>\n
Best viewing spots<\/p>\n
The Auckland Harbour Bridge will also come alive with a brand-new dynamic light and sound show, starting in the minutes before midnight. Both displays will be synchronised to a MoreFM 91.8FM playlist of the top songs from 2025. <\/p>\n
Large crowds are expected to gather in the city centre throughout the evening.<\/p>\n
Several maunga will remain open until after midnight for those wanting elevated views of the fireworks and light show, including Maungawhau\/Mt Eden, Maungauika\/North Head and Takarunga\/Mt Victoria. <\/p>\n
Security will be in place, with alcohol and fireworks banned at these sites.<\/p>\n
Other recommended viewing spots for the harbour bridge light show include Westhaven Marina, Silo Park, the end of Queens Wharf, and Bayswater Marina.<\/p>\n
Roaming performers will also move along Queen St and the waterfront ahead of midnight.<\/p>\n
As the clock struck midnight, T\u0101maki Makaurau Auckland was the first major city in the world to welcome in the New Year. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n
How to get there<\/p>\n
Auckland Council is urging people to plan well ahead and use public transport, shared rides or taxis.<\/p>\n
Traffic access to the city centre and Wynyard Quarter will be limited, with many roads reserved for pedestrians from 10pm on December 31 to 1am on January 1.<\/p>\n
Trains are not running, but some rail replacement bus services are operating. <\/p>\n
Buses and ferries will operate on a Saturday timetable, with limited additional buses running after midnight.<\/p>\n
The last ferry will leave downtown for Devonport and Waiheke Island at 12.15am.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the southbound clip-on lanes of the Auckland Harbour Bridge will be closed, including the off-ramp to Shelly Beach Rd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Auckland’s Sky Tower will light up with a spectacular fireworks display at midnight as the city leads the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[51,111,43,139,69,6445],"class_list":{"0":"post-208802","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-auckland","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz","13":"tag-tvnz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208802","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=208802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}