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Meteors – Your Eyewitness Reports!

4/02/2026 7:28pm

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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Robert McGaughey on 6/02/2026 11:40am

At 1:11am on the 5th I was on the beach In kapiti I was looking down and saw everything around me light up like I was under a spot light so I looked up an saw a huge orange an red object in the sky.
I thought a plane had exploded as it was so low it disappeared behind kapiti island in a few seconds it was unreal.

I thought I must of been seeing things because no one else I’ve talked to saw it, I’m still buzzed out to what it Actully was lol

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Kris on 5/02/2026 2:26am

It was about 11:30 pm on the 28-01-26 at awhitu peninsula, it seemed to come from the east from the direction of Auckland airport and went west over the peninsula. It was yellow/ orange at the front followed by bright white tail. I wasn’t going to mention it but there seems to be a few happening at the moment

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Jo on 5/02/2026 12:12am

We were driving into Maungaturoto at 1.10am this morning.. the fireball was so low in the sky we thought it would land on us! The whole sky lit up orange as bright as daylight before the ball turned blue and green. A once in a lifetime experience!

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Harry on 4/02/2026 10:20pm

I didnt see anything but noticed a big flash in the night sky! So I knew people might post about it the next day…

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Andrew on 4/02/2026 8:36pm

Saw a Blue/Green fireball at approx. 1:10am due west of Glenfield, Auckland.

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Shane on 4/02/2026 7:13pm

I saw a fireball around 1:10am this morning over Tauranga, it split into around 3-4 pieces all with long glowing tails then the entire sky flashed green and it disappeared, incredible sight to see especially as it was a totally clear night sky

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Craig on 4/02/2026 12:45pm

I was driving between Albany and dairy flat northbound and saw a incredible flash of blue green light and then saw a tail of what looked like a firework but was obviously meteorite. This happened at about 1:20 a.m. on Feb 5th 2026

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Jessica on 4/02/2026 12:37pm

1:11am I saw from my bedroom window what looked like a giant green fireball falling from the sky. It looked so close! Bethells Beach, Auckland the direction that I saw it was slightly NW from near the beach.

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Anneka on 4/02/2026 12:27pm

Saw what looked like a fireball land somewhere on our farm in rural Whangarei

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Remon on 4/02/2026 12:27pm

Just seen a bright green fireball falling from the skey here in whangarei at 1:08am feb 5th 2026

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