Hopes for the New Year are glowing throughout Rotorua as locals and visitors welcome in 2017.
More than 1000 people showed up in the early evening to welcome in the New Year at the GLO Party as it got underway at the Rotorua Lakefront - the third and final event in the three-day GLO Festival.
Teegan Bennett went along with her partner, Leslie Lewis, and their daughter, Amelia Lewis, 1, to bring in the New Year.
![Shanelle and Isobel McCashin, 7, get into the festivities. Photo/Ben Fraser](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/JQ4VRUVT6AENOGXHGYMNWKYKHI.jpg?auth=ff2c4c0a211a7895c53dafb8d36688900b201f520650f2ed7280b35b28bed5c9&width=16&height=10&quality=70&smart=true)
"Our family is all here for the New Year. It's a nice atmosphere and there's a good turn out. We will be here for the fireworks, it's great just being here with family," she said.