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Tracy on 28/01/2025 10:38am
Saw one go over our house in Ashhurst about 1030 this evening
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Hayley on 28/01/2025 8:38pm
I also saw a pretty good meteorite at around that same time last night, going from south to north up the north island. I could see it over Lower Hutt valley if looking up the island from Wellington. Long and bright for at least 2-3 seconds, more than just a shooting star. I wonder if we saw the same one going up the middle of the north island!
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Di on 28/01/2025 9:00am
Saw shooting star 9.50pm Christchurch
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Gess on 27/01/2025 8:18pm
Meteor at approx 5.03am today 28.01.2025
Started quite large then part of it broke away. Pretty awesome sighting.
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Aaron Mclean on 27/01/2025 4:11pm
Saw a meteor over napier new zealand at 5.05 to 5.08 am 28/01/25
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Cha Wills on 19/01/2025 10:33am
Meteor at 11:30pm NZ time.
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Sam on 18/01/2025 11:56am
Saw what might have been a meteor just before 10pm on 18th Jan, as we were driving near Botany Town Centre in Auckland. Just the one, extremely fast moving, somewhat green, and quite large. Would love to know if anyone else spotted whatever it was!
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Jo on 19/01/2025 2:03am
What direction were you looking? I was in the top of the South looking east and saw one, also greenish flying towards the horizon, could have been around 10pm.
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