Watch: New Zealand welcomes the New Year with fireworks over Auckland

Watch as New Zealand became one of the first countries to welcome 2024 with a fireworks display over Auckland.

Auckland were the first major city to celebrate the New Year.

A five-minute long fireworks display will was preceded by a 10-second countdown projected onto the base of the Sky Tower.

There had been warnings of bad weather which may mar the occasion, but Kiwis welcomed in 2024 nonetheless.

Planning of the fireworks display started six months ago, with pre-production and programming of the firing field computers and address signal boxes.

PyroStar International owner Robert McDermott helped set up the display. He told 1News that the unique thing about the Sky Tower celebration is people can “stand underneath” the display near the tower because the special products used “burn out in flight”.