Star-gazers have been dazzled by the fleeting spectacle of the Southern Lights tonight.
Aurorae have been seen as far north as Auckland as Earth is hit by the largest solar storm in decades.
The National Space Weather Prediction Centre issued the first severe geomagnetic storm watch in 20 years following a series of solar flares and coronal mass ejections that began on Wednesday.
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