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This information was published in 1966 in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. It has not been corrected and will not be updated.
Up-to-date information can be found elsewhere in Te Ara.
Active faults in the North Island of New Zealand. The Rotorua-Taupo Fault Zone, which contains active (Tarawera, Tongariro, Ngauruhoe, Ruapehu) and extinct volcanoes (Edgecumbe, Ngongatahu, etc.) is continued to the north-east as the White Island Trench,