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

Story by Richard Smith, David J. Lowe and Ian Wright, published 2 March 2009.