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Story: Historic volcanic activity

Ruapehu ash cloud

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Ruapehu ash cloud

This large ash eruption is from the crater of Mt Ruapehu, and occurred during the 1995–96 eruptions. Chateau Tongariro is in the foreground.

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Hawke's Bay Today

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Eileen McSaveney, Carol Stewart and Graham Leonard, Historic volcanic activity – Ruapehu since 1945, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/6879/ruapehu-ash-cloud (accessed 4 June 2026).

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