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The Taupō eruption, about 232 CE, affected a large part of the central North Island. The land within about 80 kilometres of Lake Taupō was completely devastated by a ground-hugging pyroclastic flow near the end of the eruption. The thickest ash fall was deeper than 500 centimetres. A much wider area got at least a thin dusting of ash.
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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
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