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Kōrero: Volcanoes

Tokatoka

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Tokatoka

Tokatoka, near Dargaville, is the eroded remnant of the plug of an extinct andesite volcano. Radiometric dating shows that the volcano was active about 18 million years ago (early Miocene).

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by Bruce Hayward

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Richard Smith, David J. Lowe rāua ko Ian Wright, Volcanoes – What is a volcano?, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/8705/tokatoka (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Richard Smith, David J. Lowe rāua ko Ian Wright, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.