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New Year around the world: Pacific nations welcome 2025

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Pacific island nation Kiribati was first country to welcome the new year at 5 a.m. ET on Tuesday .

The Micronesian nation was soon followed into 2025 by the Chatham Islands in New Zealand .

Tokelau , Samoa , Tonga and parts of Antarctica were among those joining the party shortly after.

Fireworks lit up the Auckland skyline as massed crowds watched.

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