Happy New Year 2026 Live: New Year begins in New Zealand, welcomes 2026 with fireworks

The time has come to say goodbye to the year 2025. Preparations for New Year celebrations are going on all over the world. The New Year will start at 12 midnight in India, but it has already started in New Zealand. New Year has started in Kiritimati island of Kiribati and New Zealand. The period of celebration and fireworks has started here.

New Zealand’s Auckland immersed in New Year celebrations

Kiribati is an island country located in the Pacific Ocean. It falls south of Hawaii and north-east of Australia. After Kiribati, New Year celebrations have started in Chatham Island of New Zealand. The celebrations started with fireworks at 12 o’clock in the night in Auckland, New Zealand. The whole country welcomed the New Year.

Australia ready to welcome 2026, Harbor Bridge bathed in light
Australia is also immersed in New Year celebrations. Here Sydney’s Harbor Bridge has been illuminated in celebration of the New Year. The world famous fireworks will be seen here amidst a crowd of lakhs. Before celebrating the New Year, a special tribute will be paid to the victims of the terrorist attack on Bondi Beach.

Last sunset in India
The last sunset of 2025 has happened in India. The last sunset of 2025 was seen in Guwahati. Its video has been released by NII News Agency.

When is New Year celebrated?
When the Earth completes one complete revolution of its hemisphere, the New Year is celebrated from that day. The Julian calendar was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC. The length of the year was decided under this calendar. The system of leap year was also implemented. Also, January 1 was declared New Year’s Day. With this, the tradition of celebrating the New Year from January 1 began centuries ago.

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