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Kōrero: Meteorites

The Ellerslie meteorite

The Archer family got a shock when a meteorite hit their home in Ellerslie, Auckland, at 9.30 am on 12 June 2004. The meteorite punched a hole through the roof and bounced around the living room before coming to rest. In this clip Brenda Archer talks about the experience.

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Simon Nathan, Meteorites – Meteorites in New Zealand, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/4654/the-ellerslie-meteorite (accessed 5 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Simon Nathan, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.

Comments

John McCabe
03 May 2011
Hi, I was lucky enough to see it falling from the sky from my lounge. It left a strange greeny colored trail , and was almost vertical in it's fall line. Wold live to view it in the flesh one day, cheers John McCabe