Table of Contents

Introduction

Auckland Volcanic Field
How the volcanoes work
Wet explosive eruptions
Fire-fountaining and fiery explosive eruptions
Lava flows
Volcanic bombs and projectile blocks
Volcanic `hailstones'
Lava caves

How old is each volcano?
Eruptions and sea level

Auckland's next eruption?
The magma below Auckland
Time and place of Auckland's next eruption
Monitoring for volcanic activity
The next eruption - what to expect
DEVORA
Auckland Lifelines Group

Human interaction with Auckland's volcanoes
Maori occupation and use of Auckland's volcanoes
Volcanoes as water sources
Volcanoes lost and damaged
Tupuna Maunga Authority

Volcanoes of the Waitemata Harbour and North Shore
1. Rangitoto
2. Motukorea/Browns Island
3. Pupuke Moana/Pupuke Volcano
Northcote Road volcanic sequence
Takapuna Fossil Forest and Takapuna-Milford Coastal Walk
4. Te Kopua-o-Matakamokamo/Tank Farm/Tuff Crater
5. Te Kopua-o-Matakerepo/Onepoto Basin
6. Maungauika/North Head
7. Takarunga/Mt Victoria
8. Takararo/Mt Cambria

Volcanoes of central Auckland
9. Albert Park Volcano
10. Grafton Volcano
11. Pukekawa/Auckland Domain
12. Te Pou Hawaiki
13. Maungawhau/Mt Eden
14. Ohinerangi/Mt Hobson/Ohinerau
15. Te Kopuke/Titikopuke/Mt St John
Meola Reef Te Tokaroa
16. Maungakiekie/One Tree Hill
Hochstetter Pond and Puka Street Grotto
17. Te Tatua-a-Riukiuta/Three Kings
Liverpool Street tuff
18. Puketapapa/Pukewiwi/Mt Roskill
19. Te Ahi-ka-a-Rakataura/Owairaka/Mt Albert
20. Te Hopua-a-Rangi/Gloucester Park
21. Rarotonga/Mt Smart
22. Orakei Basin
23. Maungarahiri/Little Rangitoto

Volcanoes of eastern Auckland
24. Whakamuhu/Glover Park/St Heliers
25. Taurere/Taylors Hill
26. Te Tauoma/Purchas Hill
27. Maungarei/Mt Wellington
Maungarei Stonefields Reserve and Heritage Trail
Waiatarua and Michaels Ave Reserve lava-flowdammed
lake and swamp
28. Te Kopua Kai-a-Hiku/Panmure Basin
29. Ohuiarangi/Pigeon Mountain
East Tamaki volcanoes
30. Styaks Swamp Crater
31. Matanginui/Green Mount
32. Te Puke-o-Taramainuku/Otara Hill
33. Hampton Park Volcano
34. Pukewairiki/Highbrook Park
35. Te Apunga-o-Tainui/McLennan Hills
36. Otahuhu/Mt Richmond
37. Mt Robertson/Sturges Park

Volcanoes of southern Auckland
38. Boggust Park Crater
39. Te Pane-o-Mataaho/Mangere Mountain
Kiwi Esplanade pahoehoe flows
Ambury Regional Park lava flows
40. Mangere Lagoon
41. Te Motu-a-Hiaroa/Puketutu
42. Moerangi/Waitomokia/Mt Gabriel
43. Puketapapakanga-a-Hape/Pukeiti
44. Otuataua
45. Maungataketake/Elletts Mountain
Ihumatao Fossil Forest
46. Te Pukaki Tapu-o-Poutukeka/Pukaki Lagoon
47. Crater Hill
48. Kohuora Crater
49. Cemetery Crater
50. Ash Hill Crater
51. Te Manurewa-o-Tamapahore/Matukutururu/Wiri Mountain
Wiri Lava Cave
52. Matukutureia/McLaughlins Mountain
53. Puhinui Craters

Historic basalt buildings of Auckland

Glossary
Select bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index

About the Author

Bruce W. Hayward is a retired geologist and marine ecologist based in Auckland. He is a former member of the Auckland Conservation Board and New Zealand Conservation Authority, and former president of the Geological Society of New Zealand. His wide interests in natural and human history have resulted in twenty previous books on topics as diverse as archaeology, the kauri timber and gum industries, the history of Auckland cinemas, New Zealand fossils, volcanoes, building stones and conservation; and, as joint author, the popular A Field Guide to Auckland.

Alastair Jamieson is an Auckland-based ecologist and photographer who has documented the region's changing natural environment with aerial photography for over 25 years. You can see more of his images at www.wildearthmedia.com.