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Robbie on 31/10/2025 8:59am
Think may have seen a meteorite fly past saw it from our window and dashed outside to get a better look at it..we sit high on a hill so awesome view of whatever it was… tonight was between 9.30 9.40pm big Golden Ball flying across the night sky too fast for plane or helicopter… it went past and got smaller and disappeared.. Whangarei NZ 31st October 2025
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Dawn Wood on 30/10/2025 9:46am
In Motueka last night 2910 we saw the same meteor. It seemed very bright and low in the sky travelling from east to west. It seemed to last for ages. Never seen one moving so slow and lasting as long. Was pretty cool
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Denise on 29/10/2025 9:48am
10.46pm over Hawera large sparkly ball, flyng very fast across sky above me. Wow!
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Johannes Viljoen on 29/10/2025 8:51am
Just saw a meteor from Upper Hutt out to the NW streaking south at circa 10 degrees decline – almost horizontal. Never seen a trajectory that shallow before!
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Kyla on 28/10/2025 8:48pm
I saw a huge meteorite last night from whanganui New Zealand large golden one after 920 pm it was massive and lasted along time biggest one I’ve ever witnessed incredible as it was quite cloudy conditions
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Amanda on 30/10/2025 12:44am
Yes I saw that one last night as well. Very bright . Unbelievable – Nelson
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Rutu on 28/10/2025 7:48am
At around 8:30pm I saw a bright, large meteor falling from the sky in Nelson. It appeared very luminous and disappeared just before reaching the mountain line. It lasted about 30seconds to possibly one minute but was clearly visible. It was incredible
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Vicki on 29/10/2025 9:34am
I’m in motueka, saw it too, amazing.
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Helen on 16/10/2025 9:59pm
Cambridge Wednesday 8.30 pm maybe.. it wasnt visable for long.. had a short tail and then it burst..
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Leigh on 15/10/2025 9:37pm
At about 8.30pm on the 15th October, my wife and I saw a large, fast moving object travelling North- South. It had a blueish tail for a moment before the entire onject rapidly tuerned red and disappeared from view.
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