International Desk: New Zealand welcomed the English New Year 2024 first. Their celebration begins at 12 midnight local time from Auckland’s iconic Sky Tower.
The New Year festival starts there at 5 pm Bangladesh time. Due to geographical location, the clock strikes 12 midnight first in New Zealand.
New Zealand is one of the countries that gets an opportunity to welcome the new year earlier due to time difference. Auckland ranks first among big cities when it comes to welcoming in the New Year.
To usher in the new year, people gathered in the center of Auckland waiting for the 12 midnight market by looking at the time of a huge clock hanging on the Sky Tower, which is more than 1,000 feet high. The countdown begins. And at 12 a.m., colorful fireworks can be seen in the sky.
Australia welcomes the Christian New Year at the same time as New Zealand. The residents of Sydney, the largest and most populous city in the country and the continent of Oceania, welcomed the English New Year.
However, this year, the first country in the world started the New Year in the Pacific island of Kiribati.
Kiribati is the first in the world to welcome English 2024. ESA Earth Observation announced on social media that the country is welcoming the New Year.
