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Kōrero: Historic volcanic activity

Ngāuruhoe erupting at night

Ngāuruhoe erupting at night

This time-exposure photograph shows incandescent ash, pumice and blocks being ejected from the vent of Ngāuruhoe, and collapsing down the slopes during one of the eruptions in February 1974.

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by Lloyd Homer

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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/6857/ngauruhoe-erupting-at-night (accessed 4 June 2026).

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