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Kōrero: Historic volcanic activity

Ash cloud

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Ash cloud

This view of Mt Ruapehu shows the ash cloud formed during the 1945 eruption. Ash was spread over much of the central North Island, and many people suffered eye and throat irritations.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 708-35mm-F

by Bruce Valentine Davis

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Eileen McSaveney, Carol Stewart rāua ko Graham Leonard, Historic volcanic activity – Ruapehu, 1861–1945, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/6863/ash-cloud (accessed 4 June 2026).

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