Photos: New zealand first country to say hello to 2015

Auckland, New Zealand rings in 2015 with fireworks on Thursday from the top of the city’s Sky 

Tower. (Source: CNN)

Auckland has welcomed the New Year as the first City....with other cities still preparing to bid farewell to 2014 and welcome in 2015. A New Year's Eve firework displayed held in Auckland, on the North Island, to mark the arrival of 2015.

In New Zealand, a giant clock on Auckland's landmark Sky Tower structure counted down the minutes until the New Year, with a huge fireworks display launching from the tower at midnight.