New Zealand
North of Gisborne, New Zealand, around the coast to Opotiki and inland to Te Urewera National Park, The East Cape has the honour of witnessing the world's first sunrise each and every day.
New Zealand is also located in the southern hemisphere, and because of Earth's tilt and its location in orbit in relation to the sun from December 31st, through January 1st, the first fiery rays of brilliant light are first seen from East Cape.
The reason why New Zealand is not called the 'Land of the Rising Sun' is because there is no China nearby. From the Chinese perspective, Japan is where the sun is seen to rise from- thus the name. ... Japan had been called several things before settling on the term Nippon or Nihon (日本), or 'sun origin.
Officially the first city in New Zealand to see the sun, Gisborne and Mount Hikurangi(opens in new window) is recognised as the first point on the New Zealand mainland to greet the morning sun.
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