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Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, tourism spokesperson for the opposition Labour Party, told local news outlet RNZ that the new slogan "makes New Zealand sound like we're in a clearance bin at a sale".

"I think 'Everyone Must Go' might refer to the need for toilets in some of our high-tourist spots. I mean, the queues are ridiculous," Green Party MP Celia Wade-Brown told RNZ.

The flight has been cancelled and a new flight was scheduled for Tuesday, RNZ reported.

Witnesses at the time described the eruption as resembling “a nuclear bomb going off,” according to RNZ, the country’s national broadcaster.

Simeon Brown, New Zealand’s transportation minister, weighed in, telling the local news outlet RNZ that it was frustrating that the system failed to account for Feb. 29.