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Story: Volcanic Plateau region

Ngāuruhoe eruption, around 1949

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Ngāuruhoe eruption, around 1949

A man stands beside his parked car on the Desert Road, watching Mt Ngāuruhoe erupt, in the late 1940s. The subdued profile of Mt Tongariro can be seen to the right.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

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Malcolm McKinnon, Volcanic Plateau region – Overview, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15126/ngauruhoe-eruption-around-1949 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.