Fireworks welcome in Year of Rabbit

Wouldn't Dunedin be a bland place if all we did celebrate was of European descent? New Zealand is home to a lot of different cultures what is wrong with appreciating and experiencing them? - If anything this would Dunedin a more inviting place to live in, as opposed to it's current status as a temporary home to escape your parents in a means of study, but instead drink excessively. 

Besides Otago itself was largely influenced by Chinese settlers who came during the Gold Rush, as well as many others from all around Asia and Europe yet we mainly celebrate Christian based holidays here.

In answer to your question: I don't know, I would expect partly the DCC, partly sponsors of the Chinese Garden and donations from Chinese in the area. I believe there is also a fee to take part in some of the festivities. 

In my experience, 'moths-in-the-wallet' are not so much a problem for the Chinese Community when it comes to celebrating their own culture, as it seems to be for the rest of us when celebrating 'our'', diverse though they are. Noisy fireworks, of course, are an integral part of Chinese celebrations. However, I look forward, on my own behalf, to future celebrations of 'Bastille Day' and to whatever it is that Italians celebrate, and if the council feels inclined to pick-up-the-tab on my behalf, (which I think is what is being implied), who am I to stand in their way?

What is the problem, in any case, about 'The Chinese New Year'? I have detected no such resistance to 'Matariki' that I have been aware of; or is that the 'cultural-cringe' kicking-in again?  

I'm interested to know who paid for the fireworks (and the festivities in general). If it was the council then I'd like to know why we are funding this and why there is no outcry from those who seem to count every cent the city spends.

Why is this such a significant event that we need to spend so much money on it - how many Chinese citizens do we have? Next we will be celebrating the Punjabi New Year in March as well?