Kaka Point
Family beach party and barbecue from 7.30pm.
Music from 8pm to 12.15am.
Bonfire lighting at 9.45pm and midnight fireworks.
Papatowai
Annual beach carnival.
Pounawea
Family celebration at Pounawea township playground from 5pm to 1am.
$5 entry fee, children under 15 free.
Includes classic car display, old-fashioned races, a mystery bottle auction, music and a fireworks display on the waterfront at midnight.
Niagara
New Year's Eve hoedown at the hall.
Te Anau
Bonfire and band at Lions Park on the lakefront, with midnight fireworks over the lake.
Clyde
Street party with bands and food from 9pm to 1am. $5 entry, under 16s free. Shuttle available from Clyde; $5 each way.
Leave from Alexandra information centre 9.15pm, 10.15pm and 11.15pm; return 12.30am, 1am and 1.30am. Liquor ban.
Naseby
Street party with music 7pm until late. Fireworks on the Naseby Green earlier in the evening.
$5 entry fee.
Wanaka
Free concert on the waterfront. Music from 8.30pm to 1am. Fireworks at midnight.
24-hour liquor ban around foreshore and central Wanaka area until January 6.
Hawea
Bands Elemeno P and the Early-birds at Lake Hawea Motor Inn from 7pm to 12.15am. Tickets $35. R18.
Buses from the Wanaka Skate Park to Lake Hawea Motor Inn and return: $10 each way. 24-hour liquor ban in Hawea until January 6.
Queenstown
Free concert with two stages at Earnslaw Park and Marine Parade. Music from 7.30pm to 1am. Fireworks at midnight.
24-hour liquor ban in Wakatipu area until January 6.
Dunedin
Free family concert in Octagon from 9.30pm to 1pm. Bands and food stalls.
Fireworks at midnight.
