Story: Historic volcanic activity All images & media From page 1 – Eruptions in early history Volcanic eruptions in New Zealand since 1300 Measuring volcanic eruptions (1st of 2) Sizes of New Zealand volcanic eruptions (2nd of 2) Kaharoa ash Rangitoto Island (1st of 3) Aerial view of Rangitoto (2nd of 3) Footprint in Rangitoto ash (3rd of 3) Mt Taranaki (Mt Egmont) (1st of 2) Earth oven between layers of ash (2nd of 2) White Island (1st of 3) Inside White Island crater (2nd of 3) Incandescent ash column (3rd of 3) From page 2 – Tarawera Lake Rotomahana and the White Terrace ‘The phantom canoe: a legend of Lake Tarawera’ Tarawera erupting, 1886 Devastation caused by the Tarawera eruption (1st of 2) Ash from Tarawera (2nd of 2) Sheltering in Te Wairoa (1st of 3) The rear of McCrae’s Hotel (2nd of 3) The Haszards’ hen house (3rd of 3) Tarawera landscape after the eruption (1st of 2) The Tarawera rift (2nd of 2) From page 3 – Tongariro and Ngāuruhoe Volcanoes of Tongariro National Park (1st of 2) Tongariro’s Te Maari crater (2nd of 2) Ngāuruhoe erupting, 1928 Bombs and blocks Mt Ngāuruhoe erupting, 1974 (1st of 3) Lava blocks (2nd of 3) Avalanche (3rd of 3) Political rumblings Ngāuruhoe erupting at night From page 4 – Ruapehu, 1861–1945 First reports of Ruapehu erupting Volcanic activity at Ruapehu and Ngāuruhoe, 1839–2005 Lava dome in Ruapehu crater Ash from the 1945 Ruapehu eruption Ruapehu crater, 1945 Ash cloud From page 5 – Ruapehu and the Tangiwai disaster Crater Lake, October 1953 Reporting the Tangiwai disaster Views of Tangiwai (1st of 2) Damaged rail carriage (2nd of 2) Near Tangiwai bridge Grave of unidentified victims An eye-witness account of the Tangiwai disaster (1st of 2) Ruapehu Crater Lake after the 1953 lahar (2nd of 2) Whangaehu River mouth From page 6 – Ruapehu since 1945 Swimming in Crater Lake Explosive Ruapehu (1st of 2) Lahar from Ruapehu (2nd of 2) Ruapehu ash cloud Ash from Ruapehu, 1996 (1st of 2) Ruapehu ash falls, 1995–96 (2nd of 2) The effects of ash fall A solution to Ōhakune’s flagging economy From page 7 – Raoul Island Raoul and Denham calderas Lakes of Raoul Caldera Vent, 1964 Devastation near Green Lake, 1964 Green Lake, 21 March 2006
