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Steve Wyn-Harris interviews Professor James Scott

Professor James Scott is interviewed about Fireballs Aotearoa by Steve Wyn-Harris https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/centralfm/episodes/Steves-New-Hobby-e2clfbn?fbclid=IwAR3uO245plHnDHiQ6FqBmoQ8UAzCYxY6kFDZZmlZmFXRpBTko3hYz_azwoY

Coverage by RNZ

RNZ (Radio New Zealand) covered the story of the 21 July Canterbury fireball in their online Science column: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/471487/bright-fireball-meteor-lights-up-canterbury-sky

Coverage in The Press/Stuff

Hanna McCallum covered the story of the 21 July Canterbury fireball for The Press: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/129349512/meteor-captured-on-camera-is-new-zealands-second-big-fireball-this-month

2022 07 22 Press Release

Fireballs Aotearoa Press Release.  For Immediate Release 22nd July 2022 fireballs.nz Last night’s fireball over Canterbury may have dropped a meteorite Scientists are requesting public reports of last night’s spectacular green fireball, caused by a… 2022 07 22 Press Release

Dr. James Scott interviewed by RNZ

The Nine to Noon programme on RNZ interviewed James to discuss the search for fallen meteorites, and the July 7 and July 21 fireballs. https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018850425/the-hunt-for-freshly-fallen-meteorites

The Conversation Article about July 7 Meteor

The Conversation published an article written by Drs. Michele Bannister and James Scott reporting on the findings from the data collected about the July 7 daytime fireball seen over the centre of the country. https://theconversation.com/equivalent-to-1-800-tonnes-of-tnt-what-we-now-know-about-the-meteor-that-lit-up-the-daytime-sky-above-new-zealand-186636

RNZ story on Kimbolton Meteorite

On March 9, 2022 Morning Report on RNZ ran a story on the Kimbolton Meteorite found in 1976. https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2018833505/meteorite-a-rarity-in-aotearoa