Race to find meteorite believed to have landed near Dunedin
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The race is on to find a meteorite which is believed to have landed somewhere near Dunedin.
A spectacular fireball was captured by night-sky cameras shooting across the Otago region on the 28 August.
Only nine meteorites are confirmed to have reached New Zealand soil over the last 150 years.
University of Otago Department of Geology Associate Professor James Scott spoke to Corin Dann.