Meteorite lands near Otago River
If you happened to be looking up at the night sky on Monday night over the top of the South Island you may have witnessed the final voyage of a 4 billion-year-old space rock crashing into the earth. According to Fireballs Aotearoa the meteorite fell through the sky above the country before landing somewhere near the Waitaki River in Otago. Only Nine confirmed meteorites have been found in New Zealand in the past 160 years. University of Otago professor of geology and founder of Fireballs Aotearoa James Scot talks to Mark Leishman about the probability of the rock being recovered and if we're seeing more of these fireballs in our night sky.