Happy New Year! New Zealand welcomes 2021 with celebratory fireworks

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31st Dec, 2020. 04:05 pm
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New Zealand’s night sky once again filled with colours as the clock tick 12 and the country welcomes the year 2021.

Thousands gathered in the harbour foreshore to celebrate the New Year 2021- with crowds free to mingle as the country enjoys an absence of coronavirus cases.

However, Melbourne, Australia’s second-most populous city, has cancelled its fireworks.

Melbourne mayor Sally Capp said: “For the first time in many, many years we made the big decision, difficult decision to cancel the fireworks.

“We did that because we know that it attracts up to 450,000 people into the city for one moment at midnight to enjoy a spectacular display and music. We are not doing that this year.”

What Time Does New Year Arrive Around The World?

Using Time in Pakistan, this is when the world will welcome 2021:

Thu 3 pm – Christmas Island/Kiribati
Thu 4 pm – New Zealand

Thu 5 pm – Small region of Russia and 7 more including Anadyr, Funafuti, Yaren, Tarawa, Majuro
Thu 6 pm – Much of Australia including Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Honiara
Thu 6:30 pm – Small region of Australia including Adelaide, Broken Hill, Ceduna
Thu 7 pm – Queensland/Australia including Brisbane, Port Moresby, Hagåtña
Thu 7:30 – Northern Territory/Australia including Darwin, Alice Springs, Tennant Creek
Thu 8 pm Japan, South Korea including Tokyo, Seoul, Pyongyang, Dili, Ngerulmud

Thu 8:15 pm – Western Australia/Australia including Eucla
Thu 9 pm – China, Philippines including Beijing, Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore
Thu 10 pm – Indonesia, Thailand including Jakarta, Bangkok, Hanoi, Phnom Penh
Thu 10:30 pm – Myanmar and Cocos Islands including Yangon, Naypyidaw, Mandalay, Bantam
Thu 11:00 pm – Bangladesh including Dhaka, Almaty, Bishkek, Thimphu
Thu 11:15 pm – Nepal including Kathmandu, Pokhara, Biratnagar, Dharan

Thu 11:30 pm – India and Sri Lanka New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore
Fri 12 am – Pakistan, Tashkent
Fri 12:30 am – Afghanistan including Kabul, Kandahar, Mazari Sharif, Herat
Fri 1 am – Azerbaijan, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Port Louis
Fri 1: 30 am – Iran
Fri 2:00 am – Turkey, Ankara, Baghdad, Nairobi

Fri 3 am – Greece, Cairo, Athens, Bucharest, Johannesburg
Fri 4 am – Germany including Brussels, Madrid, Paris, Rome, Algiers
Fri 5 am – United Kingdom including London, Dublin, Lisbon, Accra, Reykjavik
Fri 3 pm – Small region of USA including Honolulu, Rarotonga, Adak, Papeete
Fri 4 pm – American Samoa including Alofi, Midway, Pago Pago
Fri 5 pm- Much of US Minor Outlying Islands, Baker Island, Howland Island

Happy New Year! New Zealand welcomes 2021 with celebratory fireworks

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