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Meteors – Your Eyewitness Reports!

13/03/2025 8:00pm

WeatherWatch.co.nz receives meteor reports from all over New Zealand and the globe, 24/7/365.

**CASUAL COMMENTS**
If you’ve seen something in the sky please post a comment below – it’s easy to do and don’t forget to tell us where you’re from!

**FORMAL REPORT**

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Fireball Aotearoa is a collaboration between scientists at the Universities of Canterbury and Otago, and citizen scientists who operate meteor observation cameras across Aotearoa New Zealand. Their aim is to recover freshly-fallen meteorites following fireball events. Simply go here to do this: https://fireballs.nz/about/

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Liv on 21/06/2025 1:27am

At around 1:15am, witnessed what appeared to be a Meteor heading south over Auckland. Nice big lasting white tail. Viewed from Dome Valley North of Warkworth.

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Nzredowl on 20/06/2025 8:01am

Saw a meteorite about 730pm headed south toward Poraiti way from Bay View, Napier. Was quick and blue looking light

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Derek on 19/06/2025 10:25pm

Last night around 1830, I saw 3 large yellow lights moving east to west one after the other. No tails. Soon after there was another two. Not satellites. Not starlink.

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Reets on 18/06/2025 8:07pm

Took my dog for a walk around 6.40 am this morning and seen a shooting star? Meteor?
Traveling across the sky, it wast falling downwards lol

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Chante on 18/06/2025 8:20am

Just saw a shooting star 💫 8:19PM – Mt Wellington, AKL. I needed it.

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L B on 17/06/2025 7:37am

Saw a meteor come down very steep at around 7:05pm 16 June 2025. Looked to be in the north of longbay development in Auckland / Okura river area. Looked a light blue/white and seemed to not burn up / go yellow. Couldn’t see impact as over a ridge.

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Talia smith on 16/06/2025 12:37pm

I seen a orange fireball with a flame trail in New plymouth at 12.20am on the 17 June 2025..first time I have ever witnessed this sort of action it was awesome 👌

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Tui on 16/06/2025 12:36pm

Just saw a bright orange shooting star in auckland, towards north around 12:25am 🙂 absolutely beautiful

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Shaneen on 16/06/2025 7:17am

Saw what I thought was a shooting star (it had a green colour)
Massey, West Auckland (good view towards the northern sky)
15 June 2025 about 6.45pm

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Fraser on 16/06/2025 7:47am

Saw the same very bright green light in the northern sky from Remuera, Auckland at the same time.

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