Lets listen in for a moment. Cheering this is the scene over Auckland Harbour bridge and how lovely to hear peoples voices as they welcome 2021. New zealand, one of the few places in the world where new years celebrations are relatively normal. So many cities around the world, either cancelling or scaling back traditional displays to welcoming the new year because of course of covid. Here in new zealand, where according to the latest bulletin from the new zealand bulletin of health, no new cases of covid in the community, the celebrations are able to go ahead in a relatively normal fashion. Cheering samoa and tonga already welcoming in the new year, 2021, ahead of new zealand, but auckland the first major world city to welcoming the new year and say goodbye to 2020. A year that i think most of us will be glad to see the buckle. With hopes that 2021 will bring a much better and healthier here for all of us glad to see the back of. How lovely to see that scene in auckland. Borisjohnsons
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