#26. Pukewīwī / Puketāpapa / Mount Roskill
Date visited: 30 August 2022 Elevation: 110m Volcanic history Pukewīwī / Puketāpapa was an important, heavily terraced pā with storage and cooking pits around the crater rim. Much of this...
#25. Te Ahi Ka Roa a Raka / Ōwairaka / Mt Albert
Date visited: 30 August 2022 Elevation: 135m Volcanic history Ōwairaka is believed to have erupted approximately 120,000 years ago. Its summit once rose to about 148 metres (486 ft) and...
#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...
#16. Ōrākei Basin
Date visited: 14 July 2021 Elevation: 54m Volcanic history Ōrākei Basin is a tidal lagoon that was formed from an eruption around 132,000 years ago. It was at one time...