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Jo on 26/07/2026 7:07am
I was on John Wilson drive tonight, Dunedin by the beach. About 5.45pm ish I was looking over toward lawyers head, saw a big bright tail moving really fast, then there were green flashes as it travelled away. It appeared to be quite low also.
Very surprised nobody else clocked this, un-missable. 💫💥
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Piers on 26/07/2026 7:39am
Oh my me too!
But from Sumner, Christchurch in a South-East direction
I thought it was a fire work but there was no bang.
So cool
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Sum-ting Wong on 23/07/2026 5:29pm
5.19am this morning
Green something, super bright. East to west over Wellington, quite low to the horizon
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Angela on 22/07/2026 6:31am
Bright green shooting star seen at 4.05am this morning from West Harbour Auckland while looking in the southern direction. Close, bright and fast.
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Jess on 18/07/2026 6:12am
Very bright falling meteor(?) Over tasman/nelson area towards tapawera. Spotted in Belgrove around 6pm
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Dave on 19/07/2026 4:38am
Yip….saw it here too in the North Island at Turakina
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