New Zealand has been banished from the earth

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New Zealand has been banished from the earth

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Shock horror to kiwi members!! How can this be?

We know the yanks aren't too strong on geography but......now those darned Swedes?

IKEA is selling a world map that is missing New Zealand


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  • IKEA’s $US29 BJORKSTA world map is missing New Zealand.
  • The mistake was spotted by a shopper at an IKEA in Washington, DC, who shared a photo of the map to Reddit.
  • IKEA announced last year that it is expanding to New Zealand – it is unclear if the Swedish furniture giant will sell the map there.
  • The map is sold online in US and Australian stores.


IKEA’s $US29, multi-coloured world map has one problem: It’s missing an entire country.

An eagle-eyed customer posted a photo of the store’s BJORKSTA map to Reddit on Thursday after noticing that it erased New Zealand from world geography.

“IKEA’s map game is not on point,” the Reddit user wrote.

The photo was taken at an IKEA in Washington, DC, the photographer said in a comment in his Reddit thread.

Online, the product is sold in US and Australian stores.

With the Swedish furniture giant expanding to New Zealand soon, many were left wondering if the store would alter the map for Kiwi customers.

An IKEA spokesperson apologised for the error in a statement to INSIDER.

“IKEA is responsible for securing correct and compliant motifs on all our products,” the statement said. “We can see that the process has failed regarding the product BJÖRKSTA world map. We will take necessary actions and the product is now being phased out from our stores. We regret this mistake and apologise.”

Elsewhere on Reddit, there’s an entire thread dedicated to sharing photos of maps that have forgotten New Zealand.

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/ikea ... and-2019-2
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Shame about the sheep.
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The world would be more peaceful and safer if we could delete a few other countries, but I am struggling to think of any reason to remove NZ
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Gives everyone else a chance in the Rugby world..................
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Good, they just enacted gun control, and any country that does that should be eliminated.
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Smart move to increase sales in Australia
Slow down little world, you're changing too fast.
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Robins wrote: Wed Jul 31, 2019 1:12 am Good, they just enacted gun control, and any country that does that should be eliminated.
LOL!!!!

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