More updates now available at the newer post – click here Update
3; OK this is getting more interesting and alarming by the day.
The pumice debris in the ocean comes from a third erupting NZ
volcano – Mt Monowai. This undersea volcano has one of the
fastest growth rates of any modern volcano.Like with Krakatoa it
is possible the pumice could find its way all the way to the
Americas. Meanwhile there is a 50% chance of further eruptions
at Tongariro with a couple of thousand tonnes of sulphur dioxide
gas having been emitted by the Volcano with lava bubbling under
the surface. Meanwhile it has been stated by scientists that
previous eruptions in the Taupo volcanic zone would have been
visible from Sydney Australia – such was the magnitude of them.
Update 2; Volcanic debris the size of Belgium found floating off
the coast of NZ. More here Update; Magna bubbles under Tongariro
– further eruptions likely. 1800 years ago Taupo volcano in New
Zealand had the largest volcanic eruption in the world for the
last 5000 ye