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Kōrero: Historic volcanic activity

Tongariro’s Te Maari crater

Tongariro’s Te Maari crater

Ash clouds rise from the upper crater of Te Maari. The view is from the south-west, on the track from Ketetahi to Central Crater. The date of this photograph is uncertain, but it was probably taken in the 1890s.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Patrick Marshall Collection

Reference: LS.004557

Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Eileen McSaveney, Carol Stewart rāua ko Graham Leonard, Historic volcanic activity – Tongariro and Ngāuruhoe, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/6849/tongariros-te-maari-crater (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Eileen McSaveney, Carol Stewart rāua ko Graham Leonard, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.