Story: Historic volcanic activity

Devastation near Green Lake, 1964

The blast from the 1964 eruption stripped all the vegetation from the trees, and deposited a thick layer of mud over the area close to the vents.

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Eileen McSaveney, Carol Stewart and Graham Leonard, Historic volcanic activity – Raoul Island, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/9850/devastation-near-green-lake-1964 (accessed 4 June 2026).

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