Three temporary alcohol-free areas for this year's summer and New Year's Eve period are approved this week by Tauranga City Council.

The areas include Mount Maunganui North and Gordon Spratt Reserve in Papamoa, along with ASB Baypark and surroundings.

The extended alcohol-free zones are in response to a request from NZ Police to support the New Year's Eve period 2017/18.

The extension of the permanent alcohol-free zone for Mount Maunganui North, south to Hull Road and Tweed Street over the holiday period from Tuesday, December 26 to 6am on Saturday, January 6 2018, has been put in place.

The extension was trialled at last year's New Year's Eve operations and will be part of the safety measures for this year's New Year's Eve period.

At Papamoa, the permanent alcohol-free zone at Gordon Spratt Reserve is extended to include Alice Way from 10am on Sunday December 31, to 6am on Wednesday, January 3 2018.

The extended alcohol-free period supports police operations at Council's New Year's Eve community celebration as well as the park and ride location for the Bay Dreams Music Festival being held at ASB Baypark on Tuesday January 2 2018.

The ASB Baypark extension applies to the park and ride pick up and drop off locations as well as the immediate surrounding areas of ASB Baypark.

Temporary alcohol-free areas will be in place from 10am on Tuesday January 2 2018, to 6am on Wednesday, January 3 2018 to support Police operations in response to the Bay Dreams Music Festival at Baypark on Saturday January 2, 2018.

'The temporary alcohol-free zone extensions will enable NZ police to act early to stop any incidents at locations where the temporary alcohol-free zones are in place,” says Western Bay of Plenty Police area commander Inspector Clifford Paxton.