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1 hour ago, Dee Man said:

Quite frankly, if you are stupid enough to go inside an active volcano then you have what's coming to you and get no sympathy from me. Not that the charred corpses will be particularly bothered by my lack of sympathy either way right enough. 

I'd rather go into an active volcano than watch a Dundee game.

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46 minutes ago, Slenderman said:

I'd rather go into an active volcano than watch a Dundee game.

There's always a chance that the Dundee Law volcano might start up again.  I'm told it was still erupting when Dundee last won the Scottish Cup. 

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From the horse's mouth:

https://www.newzealandnow.govt.nz/living-in-nz/history-government/a-brief-history

The Dutch

The first European to arrive in New Zealand was the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1642. That is how we got the Dutch-sounding name - from a Dutch mapmaker who first called us Nieuw Zeeland.

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I’ve been in New Zealand for over 5 years now and have had no inclination to go hiking inside an active volcano in the middle of the ocean. There had been increased activity lately on the island but the tour operators were never going to cancel trips as we are now into peak tourism season.

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14 minutes ago, Mon_The_Fife said:

I’ve been in New Zealand for over 5 years now and have had no inclination to go hiking inside an active volcano in the middle of the ocean. There had been increased activity lately on the island but the tour operators were never going to cancel trips as we are now into peak tourism season.

They're going to have to put a different  selling point on them now.

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14 minutes ago, tamthebam said:

Does anyone remember late 70s/early 80s kids TV programme "Children of Fire Mountain"?

That was set in NZ and had a volcano in it.

There was also a series of "Lord of the Rings" films that were filmed around NZ.  Strangely enough, it seemed to be never ending until somebody went for a wander around the interior of a volcano.

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Somewhat insensitive, and largely off-topic, but I remember in the thread about the Christchurch earthquakes someone broke the rather sombre tone by chiming in with something along the lines of:

'At least it'll give Kiwis something to talk about other than Lord of the Rings. Undoubtedly the most boring people on earth.' 

Eight years on and it still makes me laugh. 

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7 minutes ago, Slenderman said:

You claimed it's Denmark, but post a link that says:

Despite their identical names, the island is not connected historically to the Pacific nation of New Zealand, which is named after the Dutch province of Zeeland.

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21 hours ago, Dee Man said:

Quite frankly, if you are stupid enough to go inside an active volcano then you have what's coming to you and get no sympathy from me. Not that the charred corpses will be particularly bothered by my lack of sympathy either way right enough. 

Reminds me of the folk that get eaten by sharks after being assured by hotel staff in their tropical resort that there's no way the blood-crazed local man-eating sharks will eat them if they go swimming in the sea. 

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