A fireball which landed in Hawkes Bay in March 2025, as captured by a Fireballs Aotearoa meteor camera in Rotorua. Photo: Fireballs Aotearoa
New Zealand is the landing place for a growing number of meteorites, and Hawkes Bay is the latest focus.
A fireball hurtled towards the ground last Wednesday night, and based on eyewitnesses and camera footage, may have caused a meteorite to land somewhere within a 600 hectare patch of private land.
Now the hunt is on - if it's spotted, it will be the eleventh one found in New Zealand.
Steve Wyn-Harris is a regular contributor to our show and he's also an executive member of Fireball Aotearoa.
He lives just a half hour drive from where the meteorite may have landed.
