Story: Historic volcanic activity

Ngāuruhoe erupting at night

This time-exposure photograph shows incandescent ash, pumice and blocks being ejected from the vent of Ngāuruhoe, and collapsing down the slopes during one of the eruptions in February 1974.

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Eileen McSaveney, Carol Stewart and Graham Leonard, Historic volcanic activity – Tongariro and Ngāuruhoe, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/6857/ngauruhoe-erupting-at-night (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Eileen McSaveney, Carol Stewart and Graham Leonard, published 2 March 2009.