11 Mar 2024

The hunt for New Zealand's tenth meteorite

From Afternoons, 1:25 pm on 11 March 2024

An organisation of obsessed enthusiasts known collectively as Fireballs Aotearoa is launching a nationwide search for New Zealand's tenth meteorite.

They say parts of it could be sitting on your back step holding the door open or as a decorative item on mantelpieces.

It's called the Great NZ Meteorite Hunt. Retired farmer and now apparently full time meteorite publicist Steve Wynn Harris talks to Jesse.

The Murchison meteorite fell to earth in Australia in 1969.

Photo: Wikicommons / James St. John