{"id":240,"date":"2023-08-01T20:23:54","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T20:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/?p=240"},"modified":"2024-05-08T20:59:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T20:59:56","slug":"cot-at-the-iavcei-scientific-assembly-rotorua-new-zealand-30-jan-3-feb-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/cot-at-the-iavcei-scientific-assembly-rotorua-new-zealand-30-jan-3-feb-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"COT at the IAVCEI Scientific Assembly, Rotorua, New Zealand\u00a0(30 Jan \u2013 3 Feb 2023)\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"block-heading\"><strong>General<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The last few days of January and the first few days of February 2023 \u2013 unfortunately coincided with a \u201cweather bomb\u201d that wreaked havoc on Auckland and other parts of northern North Island of New Zealand \u2013 saw the successful running of the international volcanology conference held in Rotorua under the auspices of IAVCEI (International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth&#8217;s Interior). &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"block-image aligncenter size-full\"><div class=\"loading-placeholder shine\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\/ 0.75\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image.png 768w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-187x140.png 187w\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"\/\/:0\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Image\" style=\"\"   loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image.png\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Image\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image.png 768w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-187x140.png 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Flying the flag for the key sponsors. The city centre was festooned with these flags and a public session \u201cVolcanofest\u201d occupied an entire day (Thursday 2 Feb) with volcano art and photography, experiments and game demonstrations, a Q &amp; A panel, and a \u201cmeet a volcanologist\u201d session for families and children. Photo: D.J. Lowe<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a relief that the 2023 meeting finally went ahead with 860 in-person registrants and 203 virtual participants despite numerous problems with the wet weather and temporary closure of Auckland Airport that disrupted travel arrangements for scores of participants. Some participants \u201ctravelled\u201d for nearly 5 days to get to the meeting and some never made it. Also, three of five mid-conference field trips were cancelled because of very heavy rain and poor visibility. Nevertheless, the conference was a great success and many felt it was the best they had ever attended. Refreshments and lunches provided throughout the conference were excellent, and the hosting staff and IT support staff were very helpful. Nine parallel sessions ran each day along with plenary sessions and two ECR plenary sessions. All sessions were on line and recorded. The fact that 51% of participants were early career researchers (ECRs) or students, helped make the conference very memorable and enjoyable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"block-image aligncenter size-full\"><div class=\"loading-placeholder shine\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\/ 0.450164293538\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 913px) 100vw, 913px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-1.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-1.png 913w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-1-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-1-768x346.png 768w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-1-311x140.png 311w\" width=\"913\" height=\"411\" src=\"\/\/:0\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Image 1\" style=\"\"   loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"913\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-1.png\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Image 1\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-1.png 913w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-1-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-1-768x346.png 768w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-1-311x140.png 311w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 913px) 100vw, 913px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Plenary session audience. Photo: D.J. Lowe<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"block-heading\">CoT <strong>Pre-conference workshop and field trip<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the pre-conference workshops was tephra-related: \u201cFrom field apps to data repositories: improving tephra data discoverability, access, and workflows to support next generation research\u201d, organised by Steven Kuehn, Kristi Wallace, Ellen Nelson, Andrei Kurbatov and Kerstin Lehnert. The workshop was the continuation of an ongoing project under the auspices of the CoT entitled \u201cCommunity established best practice recommendations for tephra studies \u2014 from collection through analysis\u201d, with a milestone (open access) paper by the group being published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41597-022-01515-y\">Nature Scientific data<\/a> last year. At the same time, a history of CoT was published (<a href=\"https:\/\/hgss.copernicus.org\/articles\/13\/93\/2022\/hgss-13-93-2022-discussion.html\">open access here<\/a>)  which highlighted the many developments and personalities of the tephra research spanning the last 60 years and beyond<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a field visit and a chance to try out the Strabo app for field data collection, David Lowe, Tehnuka Ilanko, and students Josh Hughes and Richard Melchert of the tephra <a href=\"https:\/\/tephra-seismites.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/tephra-seismites.com\/\">Seismites Research Group<\/a> at Waikato arranged an excursion to a tephra outcrop at a nearby pumice quarry on Okareka Loop Rd. For those interested their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/368275732_Pre-conference_tephra_data_workshop_-_Hands-on_session_II_tephra_excursion_Okareka_Loop_Road_29_January_2023\">field guide<\/a> has more details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"block-image aligncenter size-full\"><div class=\"loading-placeholder shine\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\/ 0.666666666667\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-2.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-2.png 939w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-2-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-2-210x140.png 210w\" width=\"939\" height=\"626\" src=\"\/\/:0\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Image 2\" style=\"\"   loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"939\" height=\"626\" src=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-2.png\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Image 2\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-2.png 939w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-2-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-2-210x140.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Tephra workshop participants (with Waikato assistants Tehnuka, Josh, and Richard at far left) happy and excited to see their first New Zealand tephra layers a mere 10 minutes away from the city. The main thick bedded unit is Rotorua tephra, c. 15,600 yrs old, within 2-3 km north of its source vent now occupied by rhyolite domes near Lake Tikitapu. Photo: D.J. Lowe<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"block-image aligncenter size-full\"><div class=\"loading-placeholder shine\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\/ 0.667021276596\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-3.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-3.png 940w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-3-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-3-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-3-210x140.png 210w\" width=\"940\" height=\"627\" src=\"\/\/:0\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Image 3\" style=\"\"   loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-3.png\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Image 3\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-3.png 940w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-3-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-3-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-3-210x140.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Pre-Rotorua tephra deposits at Okareka Loop Rd sequence. Photo: D.J. Lowe<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"block-heading\"><strong>CoT sessions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>CoT sponsored two Tephrochronology related session at the Rotorua scientific assembly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(1) \u201cTephrochronology, new methods and applications for chronostratigraphy and beyond\u201d held on Monday 30 January, which was co-convened by Jenni Hopkins (Victoria University of Wellington), Britta Jensen (University of Alberta), and David Lowe (University of Waikato) with 18 papers (8 oral, 10 poster). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><div class=\"loading-placeholder shine\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\/ 0.75101488498\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-5-768x576.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-5-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-5-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-5-187x140.png 187w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-5.png 810w\" width=\"739\" height=\"555\" src=\"\/\/:0\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Image 5\" style=\"width:739px;height:555px\"   loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"739\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-5-768x576.png\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Image 5\" style=\"width:739px;height:555px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-5-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-5-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-5-187x140.png 187w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-5.png 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"block-image aligncenter size-full\"><div class=\"loading-placeholder shine\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\/ 0.821380243572\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-6.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-6.png 739w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-6-300x246.png 300w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-6-170x140.png 170w\" width=\"739\" height=\"607\" src=\"\/\/:0\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Image 6\" style=\"\"   loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"739\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-6.png\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Image 6\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-6.png 739w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-6-300x246.png 300w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/image-6-170x140.png 170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Jordan Lubbers (top) presenting his paper, with Jenni Hopkins and Madison Clarke chairing the first tephra session. Imogen Gabriel (bottom) presenting her poster. Photos: D.J. Lowe<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(2) \u201cConstraining the tempo and magnitude of past highly explosive volcanism using tephrochronology: implications for volcanic hazard assessments\u201d comprised 13 papers (4 oral, 9 posters) on Thursday 2 February, and was co-convened by Paul Albert (Swansea University),  Karen Fontijn (Universit\u00e9 libre de Bruxelles), Francesca&nbsp;Forni (University of Milan), Julie Belo&nbsp;(GEOMAR,  Kiel) and Steffen Eisele (NTU, Singapore).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><div class=\"loading-placeholder shine\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\/ 0.749336870027\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 754px) 100vw, 754px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image.png 754w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-187x140.png 187w\" width=\"754\" height=\"565\" src=\"\/\/:0\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Image\" style=\"width:754px;height:565px\"   loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"754\" height=\"565\" src=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image.png\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Image\" style=\"width:754px;height:565px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image.png 754w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-187x140.png 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 754px) 100vw, 754px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><div class=\"loading-placeholder shine\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\/ 0.749668874172\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-1-768x576.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-1-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-1-187x140.png 187w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-1.png 939w\" width=\"755\" height=\"566\" src=\"\/\/:0\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Image 1\" style=\"width:755px;height:566px\"   loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-1-768x576.png\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Image 1\" style=\"width:755px;height:566px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-1-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-1-187x140.png 187w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-1.png 939w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Lauren Davies (top) presenting her paper in the Thursday tephra session. <em> Below d<\/em>iscussions in front of Paul Albert\u2019s poster at Tuesday&#8217;s poster session associated with the second CoT tephra session (Left to right; Hannah Buckland, Paul Albert, Will Hutchinson<\/em>)<em>. Photo: D.J. Lowe<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both sessions were very well attended, comprising of excellent papers delivered by all, and included a high proportion of ECRs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"block-heading\"><strong>COT meeting and dinner<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Britta Jensen as president of the CoT executive committee convened a meeting of tephrochronologists on Thursday 2 February at 6 pm. The new <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/?page_id=48\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/?page_id=48\" target=\"_blank\">CoT Executive<\/a> was introduced following the recent elections. Around 25 members of CoT enjoyed a special dinner at Wild Rice Thai Restaurant in \u201cEat Streat\u201d, Rotorua, from 7.30 pm to around 10 pm on Thursday 2 February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"block-image aligncenter size-full\"><div class=\"loading-placeholder shine\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\/ 0.75\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-3.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-3.png 940w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-3-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-3-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-3-187x140.png 187w\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" src=\"\/\/:0\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Image 3\" style=\"\"   loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-3.png\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Image 3\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-3.png 940w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-3-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-3-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-3-187x140.png 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>CoT group photo from the Wild Rice Thai Restaurant, Rotorua. Photo: B. 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