Fireworks are on sale for the next four days but you'll find fewer on the shelf because COVID-19 delays have hit supplies.
And there are renewed calls for a ban on the private sale of fireworks - especially for the sake of animals.
At only one day old, Wellington Zoo's newest resident is a baby chimp - the zoo's first in seven years.
But with Guy Fawke's this week, the urban zoo is worried about the chimp and begging people not to let off fireworks.
The zoo wants a permanent ban on the private sale of fireworks, saying every year its animals are stressed and scared by them. Two years ago an antelope died after running into a fence.
"A lot of animals just don't know what's going on and can spook easily," Wellington Zoo primates team leader Harmony Neal said.
The public can only buy fireworks for four days of the year starting on Tuesday but there are fewer on sale this year due to COVID-19 delaying shipments.
"It's had a huge impact on the firework industry - so there are some companies who haven't got their fireworks here at all yet," said James York of Bad Boys Fireworks.
For those companies who do have them, sales are skyrocketing. Bad Boys predicts its 100 stores will sell out by Thursday.
"We've seen a huge demand for fireworks," York said.
It's a demand other Wellington retailers are also seeing.
"We've sold a few boxes of sparklers, a few of the bigger packs - which are just huge," said Liam Frizzell of the Pyro Company.
Meanwhile, it's the first year The Warehouse won't have banging bargains after deciding to stop selling fireworks.
"Just generally, I think it's time - New Zealanders are getting over fireworks," the Warehouse Group's Tania Benyon said.
