#24. Boggust Park Crater
Date visited: 12 January 2022 Elevation: 14m Volcanic history Boggust Park Crater is a park located in the suburb of Favona. A friend described this as the "easiest volcano climb...
#23. Te Pane-o-Mataaho (Māngere Mountain)
Date visited: 12 January 2022 Elevation: 106m Volcanic history Te Pane-o-Mataaho is one of the largest and most well-preserved volcanic cones in the Auckland Volcanic Field, at 106 metres above...
#22. Te Hopua a Rangi (Gloucester Park)
Date visited: 17 August 2021 Elevation: 12m Volcanic history Te Hopua a Rangi or Gloucester Park is an explosion crater (a maar) located in Onehunga. The 300m wide crater was...
#21. Te Ipu kura a Maki (Mt. Smart, Rarotonga)
Date visited: 17 August 2021 Elevation: 87m Volcanic history Te Ipu kura a Maki or Mt. Smart is better known to most Aucklanders as the stadium where they do the...
#20. Grafton Volcano
Date visited: 21 August 2021 Elevation: 82m Volcanic history Given its proximity to the Auckland Domain, it will not surprise you to learn that the Grafton Volcano is connected to...
#19. Pukekawa (Auckland Domain)
Date visited: 10 August 2021 Elevation: 77m Volcanic history Pukekawa is believed to have erupted around 75,000 years ago during the Pleistocene epoch. The eruption would have produced lava flows...
#18. Maungarahiri (Little Rangitoto)
Date visited: 18 July 2021 Elevation: 75m Volcanic history Maungarahiri or Little Rangitoto is (or was) a scoria cone volcano in the suburb of Remuera. It had a peak 75...
#17. Pukewairiki (Highbrook Park)
Date visited: 15 July 2021 Elevation: 35m Volcanic history Pukewairiki erupted around 130,000 years ago, making it one of the oldest volcanoes in the Auckland Volcanic Field. The explosion crater...
#14. Whakamuhu (Glover Park)
Date visited: 22 March 2021 Elevation: 65m Volcanic history Whakamuhu (or Glover Park) is situated on the rim of a volcanic crater. A significant pā once stood on the highest...
#13. Taurere (Taylor’s Hill)
Date visited: 22 March 2021 Elevation: 56m Volcanic history Taurere is a smallish volcano located in the suburb of Glendowie/St. Heliers. It erupted approximately 33,000 years ago. Apparently, it was...