Rangitoto Erupts! (Guerrilla Marketing)

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Uploaded by on Nov 22, 2007

Businessman and former rugby star, Marc Ellis, was behind the prank that made many in Auckland think that Rangitoto, a dormant volcano in the Hauraki Gulf, near Auckland, New Zealand, was erupting. The stunt was intended to promote www.mintshot.co.nz.

Watch a relevant news story here:

Marc Ellis' Rangitoto Stunt: Viral Marketing Madness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIYtlPV8cV8

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  • Good on him for being a bit creative! Pretty cool prank too!

  • Yeah.....provided it all went well. If he'd set fire to half of Rangitoto, he'd be facing a lot of grief instead. :-)

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  • Oh Get the Fuck Over It People!! It was A Classic Good Ol Kiwi Prank!! Good Job Hats Off to The team!!

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  • my dad did this in the 80's. such an old prank.

  • haha classic prank...

  • I was scared when this happend. Tamati told about it on the news

  • they are doing somthing like smile city, but you watch ads and then you get chances to win stuff

  • I watched both videos and I still don't know what

    these fuckwits are selling.

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