http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/7442079/Tourists-wary-of-more-Tongariro-eruptions
Tourists wary of more Tongariro eruptions
Overseas tourists wary of more eruptions on Mt Tongariro have begun to cancel their bookings.
As the majority of popular walking tracks in Tongariro National Park begin to reopen from today, some overseas visitors have already decided they don't want to holiday near an active volcano.
About 80,000 people walk the alpine crossing each year, mostly from October to April, and any disruption could cause huge loss for the local tourism industry.
National Park Village, 15 kilometres west of the eruption zone, was unaffected by the ash cloud, but Ms Sivell said she had received emails from former guests asking if she had survived the eruption.
"It's ridiculous, there is no perspective of where the eruption occurred and the whole thing has become dramatised.
"It's an isolated incident on the other side of the park, it was nowhere near the village. This is a very small eruption compared to Mt Ruapehu in 1995 and 1996."
The biggest problem facing the tourist industry would be if there was a rash of cancellations for next summer.
"People should resist changing their plans to walk the tracks in the coming months," she said.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/7444937/Toxic-chemical-found-in-Tongariro-eruption-ash
Early testing of the ash from Mount Tongariro has shown moderate levels of the potentially toxic chemical fluoride.
The volcano's crater spewed rocks and ash when it came to life for the first time in more than 100 years at 11.50pm on Monday night.
GNS Science sent samples of the ash to Massey University for analysis, and the preliminary results have been released.
The agency's head of volcanology, Gill Jolly, told Radio New Zealand the tests showed some moderate levels of fluoride in the ash, similar to ash from Mt Ruapehu in 1995 and 1996.
More than 2000 animals died of starvation and exposure to fluoride during the Ruapehu eruption as grass was contaminated by ash.
But Canterbury University's Tom Wilson, from the natural hazard research centre, said there was no need to be alarmed as there was significantly less ash in this week's Mt Tongariro eruption.
"We've also had heaps of rain which has washed that ash, so we are anticipated that there is probably no major hazard at this stage," he said.
"But it is a nice reminder that there is a possibility that this could be hazardous if there is a future eruption of the volcano. It's something we should perhaps just be prepared for."
http://www.stuff.co.nz/science/7444109/Tongariro-ash-plume-seen-in-moonlight-satellite-image
come over if you like 100% safe very small so far
This is a very small eruption compared to Mt Ruapehu in 1995 and 1996."
That one was big I was living 200 KM's (100 ML's) a way and got ash on my car it was Black all over my car and all was black 2 weeks went and authorities said don't drink the water from the tank if it ran water this time told don't drink tank water from day 1
