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I Tucker on 13/05/2025 7:39pm
We saw a something burning in sky with long tail at 7:05am today. Have videos. Would love to know what it was – who should I contact?
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Jo on 13/05/2025 7:21am
Approx 8pm Mon 12 May, full moon evening sitting in the hot tub at Mangatutu hot spring in the Kawekas, HB, looking west – we saw something like a fireball – much larger and closer than a normal shooting star – orange coloured, and lasted enough time for my friend to point and I turned around and saw it.
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Kat & Kyle on 13/05/2025 7:20am
12th May just after 8pm me and my partner saw it heading south. Bigger than a typical shooting star! Taranaki
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Rosanne Miles on 12/05/2025 9:39pm
My husband messaged me just after 8pm last night and said he saw a fireball in the sky over Te Kūiti
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Cameron on 13/05/2025 1:25am
I saw something heading south in Hamilton about the same time.
Bright orange/yellow that broke apart into smaller bright fragments
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Megan on 12/05/2025 9:23pm
Yesterday when I was working around 530pm ish I saw a brightlight tail show up, I stood there for like 15 seconds looking at it, went upstairs to tell co workers but it was gone, this was Richmond, Tasman, was going from SW to NE
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Neri on 12/05/2025 9:08am
On May 12, 2025, at around 8 PM, I saw a very bright, fast-moving object in the sky from my window in Stonefields, Auckland. It traveled from the upper right to the lower left, appearing to pass over or near Mt Wellington. It looked larger and brighter than a typical shooting star—possibly a fireball—but I’m not sure. It disappeared quickly
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