Story: Volcanoes
Page 10. All images & media
From page 1 - What is a volcano?
From page 2 - Pacific Ring of Fire
From page 3 - Cone volcanoes and volcanic fields
From page 4 - Caldera volcanoes and the Taupō Volcanic Zone
From page 5 - The Taupō volcano
From page 6 - The Kermadec Ridge: submarine volcanoes
From page 7 - Tephra layers – a record of past eruptions
From page 8 - Monitoring active volcanoes
How to cite this page
Richard Smith, David J. Lowe and Ian Wright, Volcanoes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/12466/media (accessed 4 June 2026).
Story by Richard Smith, David J. Lowe and Ian Wright, published 2 March 2009.