Tongariro breaks 115-year silence

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Mt Tongariro has erupted for the first time in more than a century, spewing ash and prompting threat warnings for the North Island.

Mt Tongariro has erupted for the first time in more than a century, spewing ash and prompting threat warnings for the North Island.

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11/08/2012 1:03:55 a.m.

rehina wrote:

Hello i am from that house opposite that farm on highway 46 turangi.Is the mountain going to erupt again.The house where my nephew mike was interveiwed is over a100YEARS OLD. It belonged to my grandfather Te Ngoi Patena Mariu.I live in Australia and when i saw the roof i shared a few tears.My nephew Mike Pine said we were the only two homes that got ash all over the place.My thoughts are forall our families of highways 46 and 47 please stay safe love you all from the June Whanau Australia a.nd also to those people who are keeping a close watch on the mountain please stay safe

8/08/2012 6:03:38 p.m.

Brian Babbini, Big Island, Hawaii wrote:

I predicted this eruption over a week ago. USGS AVO and HVO have emails records to verify my prediction. Mahalo. Brian Babbini 808 339-1419 bbabbini@yahoo.com

7/08/2012 11:39:03 p.m.

Donna Burns wrote:

With the "FRACKING" going on what would one expect, there was/is the "EARTHQUAKES", now this, more devastation to come. Thank the greed of John Keys and the corporate thugs to for the premature awakenings. There were previous warning's to all, what may/would happen.

7/08/2012 6:17:16 p.m.

MaoriBoy wrote:

was that a sign for global warming? that is freaky because were i stay in south auckland otara we are living on top of one..

7/08/2012 4:52:30 p.m.

ANON wrote:

@Mike why do you post comments on something that has nothing to do with what people are actually talking about! and at least Iwi are tryna do something to try and stop OUR yes all NZ'ers ASSETS!

7/08/2012 2:27:01 p.m.

The Bull wrote:

Maybe mother nature is just offsetting the weight of all those olympic medals before they come home??

7/08/2012 12:44:46 p.m.

madness wrote:

Once when I was in Taupo I went into the centre that shows what happens to the planet in eruptions and earthquakes.
From what I recall White Island, Lake Taupo and the 3 mountains including Tongariro are all connected underground and could actually set off a chain of events between them. I wouldn't be so sure this was a one off and a coincidence that Tongariro and White Island rumbled around the same time last night, I would take it a bit more
seriously than that.

7/08/2012 12:44:46 p.m.

madness wrote:

Once when I was in Taupo I went into the centre that shows what happens to the planet in eruptions and earthquakes.
From what I recall White Island, Lake Taupo and the 3 mountains including Tongariro are all connected underground and could actually set off a chain of events between them. I wouldn't be so sure this was a one off and a coincidence that Tongariro and White Island rumbled around the same time last night, I would take it a bit more
seriously than that.

7/08/2012 12:27:27 p.m.

John wrote:

I think that it may not be safe and people around the area should evacuate breathing all that i not good for the lungs. You know what happned when the volcano in iceland erupted

7/08/2012 12:26:48 p.m.

madness wrote:

Funny Guy - I agree, mother nature is getting pretty angry and I think we haven't seen the big event yet. By the way things are going in this country you won't be able to say where this big event will take place but it will come. The ground in this country has been to unsettled for too long now so there is a biggie brewing for sure and alot of us believe that. As for the 21st of December those who believe that is the end should start giving all their belongings and money to those who don't believe because if you are that sure the end is near then why keep it all? I think we will have a change in consiousness and maybe start to really care about the world and everyone in it. The world isn't going to end and I don't think it is the rising of Jesus either, just a new faze for human beings. The natural disasters happening everywhere in the world are just the planet reshaping to cope with all the overloaded areas so we don't fall off our axis totally. Argh the end is near.............Not.