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Meteors – Your Eyewitness Reports!

13/03/2025 8:00pm

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Gesse Ripaki on 12/08/2025 5:30pm

Meteor with long tail seen east of Kihikihi at 3.45am Wednesday 13th August 2025

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Vicki Bishop on 9/08/2025 8:50am

Meteor seen at 8:40pm Saturday 9th August 2025 over Riverhead Forest

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Laura on 9/08/2025 8:29am

At approx 7:59pm 9th August, I saw a bright yellow/white light streak across the sky in heading west, quite low down.

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Paul Roberts on 4/08/2025 8:12am

at approx 7:55pm tonight I saw a bright light shoot from high in the East direction down into approx Lyttleton harbour from where I am in Sydenham, CHCH. very fast and white with a small tail, no time for a photo sorry.

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Marley on 3/08/2025 3:57pm

3am 04/8/25 I just saw a massive bright light in the sky it was gone in a flash with a tail that took up half the sky! I have never seen something so close and big in my life! Idk what it was but it was breathtaking, I honestly got scared for a second as it almost looked like it was hitting earth that’s how big and clear it looked, was also blue with a white tail. Saw it about north west.

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Matt on 4/08/2025 9:50am

Just saw something very similar myself at 7:52pm in Christchurch looking South West. Have never seen anything like it my 51 years. Definitely had a long tail that faded towards it’s end and a bright light at the front. I too thought it looked like it would fall into the sea. Very cool

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Ryan on 1/08/2025 9:29am

Massive commet shooting star 5sec view bright yellow big tail of dust across the ocean at Pikowai Beach BOP. Wicked way to spend the ebening clear night stat gazing

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Jojo on 1/08/2025 11:00am

Must be what I saw, I didn’t note the time but must be after 9pm I saw a firery streak of red flash for a second, over Palmy tonight.

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Damian Wickliffe on 1/08/2025 5:03am

01/08/2025 Approximately After 11pm Travelling from West to East in Tokoroa a Bright green flash and a tail of stars I’m picking it was heading towards the East Coast of the North Island

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Ross Green on 30/07/2025 9:01am

On Wednesday July 20th, approx 6.30-6.45am, I saw a bright flash for split second – I was on the desert road, it was south – descending vertically super fast.

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