Because 21 December 2012 is the end-date of a 5,125-year-long cycle in the Mayan Long Count calendar, the date has been linked to many apocalyptic prophesies. The recent earthquake in Christchurch and spate of natural disasters elsewhere – Japan, Burma, Brazil to name a few, has ignited the question – are we nearing the end of the world? No matter whether the answer is yes or no, I think it would be smart of us all to be prepared. So get your emergency kits ready, just in case.
Get to high ground
Drop, cover and hold
Get down. Get low. Get out.
A ghostly Maori war canoe was seen sailing across Lake Tarawera
The horses at Te Wairoa bolted from their stables and were not seen again
Dogs had been heard howling at the full moon days before the eruption
Meteoroids
Meteorites
Meteors
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Proof of life on extraterrestrial objects found in geothermal hot pools
Outbreaks of lice
Non-British immigrants
Cooperville
Gloriavale
Centrepoint
Sports teams
Houses
Gold
Ernest Rutherford
Alan McDiarmid
Albert Einstein
1977
1987
1997
Between 1250 and 1300
Between 1500 and 1650
Between 1700 and 1850