Crusoes of Sunday Island

Elsie Morton’s 1957 book about life on Raoul Island, on the Electronic Text Collection website.

The geology of the Kermadec Islands

A historic account of the geology of the Kermadec Islands by W. R. B. Oliver, who led the first scientific expedition to the islands in 1910 (PDF, 3.4 MB).

Kermadec Expedition – Auckland Museum

A website and blog about the 2011 and 2015 ‘biodiscovery’ expeditions to the Kermadec Islands led by Auckland Museum.

The Kermadecs Science Symposium proceedings

Papers from a 2010 symposium about the Kermadec Islands, held at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington.

Volcanic history of Macauley Island, Kermadec Ridge, New Zealand

A 1996 article from the New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics.

Doyle, A. C, and others. ‘Volcanic activity and recent uplift on Curtis and Cheeseman Islands, Kermadec Group, Southwest Pacific.’ Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 9, no. 1 (1979): 123–140.

Haigh, J. B. ‘Raoul (Sunday) Island, Kermadec Group: a brief history.’ Whakatane Historical Society Bulletin 16 (1968): 66–80

Lloyd, E. F., and Simon Nathan. ‘Geology and tephrochronology of Raoul Island, Kermadec Group, New Zealand.’ New Zealand Geological Survey bulletin 95, no. 104. Wellington: Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1981.

Sykes, W. R., and others. Kermadec Islands flora: a compilation of modern materials about the flora of the Kermadec Islands. Lincoln: Manaaki Whenua, 2000.