Festival-goers enjoy a set by DJ Muggs (Cypress Hill)at the inaugural Earthtonz New Year's Eve music festival i nGibbston Valley. Photo: Joe Dodgshun : Crowds come out for Gibbston festival

DJ Muggs whips the early crowd into a frenzy. Photo: Joe Dodgshun : Crowds come out for Gibbston festival

Some of the thousands of visitors flooding the streets of Queenstown take to the waterfront to peruse the market, check out the buskers and soak up the sun. Photo: Joe Dodgshun : Crowds come out for Gibbston festival

Juan Manuel Pizarro (L) and Federico Suarez, both of Argentina, joined the hundreds of sun seekers on Queenstown Beach. Photo: Joe Dodgshun : Crowds come out for Gibbston festival

Christchurch teenagers spending New Year's Eve in Wanaka are (back from left) Caitlin Kennedy (17), Cameron Clemence (18), Storm Ryder (17), Willem Borrius-Broek (18), Bill O'Reilly )18), James Owen (18), Harriet Carter (18) and Christian Smith (17).... : Crowds come out for Gibbston festival

An idyllic New Year's Eve afternoon in Wanaka. Photo: Marjorie Cook : Crowds come out for Gibbston festival

Ellen Forbes (1) of Dunedin plays at Eely Point. Photo: Marjorie Cook : Crowds come out for Gibbston festival