The hunt for the Hawkes Bay meteorite

[Rick]

The hunt for the Hawkes Bay meteorite

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.

More: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018979340/the-hunt-for-the-hawkes-bay-meteorite