Footage captured on dashcams, security cameras and specialist meteor cameras showed North Island’s skies lighting up with a large flash, with dozens of people taking to social media to describe the “huge boom” that accompanied it. Fireball captured on home security camera after suspected meteor lights up New Zealand sky – video“Absolutely insane. “I saw a big flash in the sky and thought, ‘No, that can’t be a fireball – this would be too good to be true’,” he said. Fireballs Aotearoa is encouraging residents in the lower North Island to keep their eyes peeled for debris – called meteorites – from Tuesday’s suspected meteor and to contact the group if they find anything. Fireballs Aotearoa has 200 cameras set up around the country, and an increase in security cameras and dashcams could help efforts to retrieve meteorites.