@nzherald: Michael Marston told the Herald he was roughly halfway through a round of golf with mates when he heard gunshot type noises. "We heard a whole lot of shotgun sounds like duck hunting or something, it happened quite quickly, then yeah saw all this smoke and knew it was an eruption." He said he was about 600m from the eruption and "wasn't keen to hang around". "I'm quite new to the area I've been here seven years, and I didn't want to hang around and find out (how big it would get)." Marston said while eruptions weren't uncommon in the area, it was the biggest he had personally seen. "People have told me there have been bigger ones on lakes in the area. Everyone else stayed to finish the game." He said the phenomenon, which "shows the unpredictable nature of the environment", lasted several minutes. 🔗 Get the full story via the link in our bio. 📹 Michael Marston / Arikikapakapa Golf Rotorua

UMNZ 🇳🇿 :

I’m no scientist/geologist, but this can not be a good sign.

Zeitgeistish :

Do people not read captions. It’s a volcano.

here for the cry babies 😭😭😭 :

house prices in rotorua/taupo just dropped 7% 👀

Fayk Naym :

This is normal for Rotorua

Perplexed Pretzel :

remember, lots of little eruptions are good, it's only when a volcano suddenly stops regular eruptions that you have to worry

red sonja 85 :

With the severe volcanic and earthquake activity around the ring of fire this is definately something we need to pay attention to

Teeps :

The Nats will blame it on Labour😂😂

PaulTH :

This is how Dante’s Peak started!

Benru_91 :

while steam explosions in Rotorua are relatively common, they do occur mostly after heavy rain. this one is most definately seismic related. here's the uplift graph from Taupo though. seems like te moana nui DID NOT like the nudge it got.

itzOnlyRagebait :

its better rotorua wakes up and not taupo 😂

your mum 🍉 :

Cool cool cool cool did anyone else get that earthquake alert at around 5am this morning, or? 😀

Phil :

that's the same sound people are hearing underground all of the world. JESUS IS THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE

D-WILZ :

Bro the ring of fire something is going to happen real soon

ZestyNow :

lol it was a little tremor. My goodness calling it severe. Wow

Rage Monkey :

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Atleast it aint Taupo

Yeahnah :

Could be the start of what's to come

Ruckus 🌈 🇳🇿 :

Rotorua be like that sometimes

Bones :

Hey lets build a golf course on a active geothermal site

Jacob :

Sounds like a chemical reaction from sodium metal being thrown in water

Intuitive Nutrition with Clare :

Rotorua is actually in a volcano which is nuts!

ƙəªňº🏌‍♂️ :

I was watching it