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Brian Harvey on 14/07/2025 7:12am
Just saw large comet with fire ball to the left and below Southern cross ! It was super bright !!!
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Murray on 13/07/2025 9:15am
Just saw a bright orange shooting light (really fast) looking north east from Rothesay bay out over Browns Bay heading just south of Tiri Matangi, dissapeared onto horizon/ sea line, approx 9.03pm
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Lydia on 12/07/2025 4:29pm
Saw a bright blue light fall from the sky out of the corner of my eye here in Muriwai, Auckland. First time witnessing such a bizzare sight. Viewed looking north-east from my bedroom window. 13.07.2025 Aprox 4.20am.
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Mayank on 12/07/2025 4:27pm
Saw a Blue-Green meteor burning up in the sky, facing North-East of Te-Atatu South, in West Auckland at 4:24 a.m. on 13/07/2025.
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Justin on 3/07/2025 12:29am
Green shooting star traveling east to west just north of morrinsville. 29.06.2025 approx 8pm.
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Carol on 26/06/2025 11:42am
Saw a Meteor while out rabbit shooting. Around 10.30 tonight 26/6/2025 to the South of Chatto Creek Central Otago. Very bright ball of light that lite up the sky, then broke into pieces as it fell straight down. Impressive.
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Nu on 26/06/2025 11:17am
Just saw a bright green shooting star over the lake in Queenstown, New Zealand!
I was looking south when I saw it – it moved from east to west across the sky, super fast and intensely green.
Queenstown 22:44 26/06/2025
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greg on 26/06/2025 10:55am
10.40pm on 28 /06 /25 meteor sighting over Gore going South to North….very bright peices falling off it
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D on 24/06/2025 8:08am
Meteor or shooting star seen from Halswell Chch heading south towards Lake Ellesmere just before 7:30 pm. Burnt up in the sky.
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Kristy on 24/06/2025 8:02am
Around 11pm 23/6/25 looking south of Timaru saw a white and green streak
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