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Overview
- Kiritimati in Kiribati was the first to enter 2026 at 7:00 Brasília time.
- The Chatham Islands reached midnight at 7:15 Brasília time, with most of New Zealand celebrating by about 8:00 as Tokelau, Samoa, and Tonga followed.
- Auckland marked the moment with a five-minute Sky Tower fireworks show using roughly 500 kilograms of pyrotechnics.
- Timetables show Asia crossing into 2026 around Brasília’s noon and early afternoon, Europe in the early evening, and the Americas from late night into the following morning, ending with Hawaii, American Samoa, and remote U.S. Pacific islands.
- New Zealand’s daylight saving time places it at UTC+13 while Fortaleza stays at UTC−3, a difference of about 16 hours, within a world that uses 39 time zones including 15- and 30-minute offsets.