Rangitoto Island is far older and was active much longer than previously thought, a new study has found. Associate Professor Phil Shane from the University of Auckland's School of Environment led a ...

In the lead up to Summit Challenge 2020, we find out more about some of the country's most famous peaks. This week we take a look at Nga-rangi-i-totongia-ai-te-ihu-o-Tamatekapua (Rangitoto Island) and ...

(Phys.org) —University of Auckland scientists have discovered that Rangitoto erupted not once or twice as previously believed, but multiple times over a period of 1,000 years, prompting a rethink of ...

Rangitoto may be much older - and more explosive - than previously believed. A new study has led scientists to reassess how volcanoes may behave in the future and could be a large step toward ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Rangitoto Island in the Hauraki Gulf is an extinct volcano.iStock "Do you like wearing a skirt?" ...

Rangitoto's war bunkers have spectacular views. Photo / Philipee Dierick Rangitoto reveals its mystique to Donna McIntyre. On a trip ferrying tourism delegates across to Rangitoto Island, I was ...

My first visit to Auckland’s Rangitoto Island was as an eight year on a primary school trip. Our teacher organised us into a crocodile line and told us not to go wandering off over the lava fields as ...

Auckland's Rangitoto volcano could be set for future eruptions when it had been thought to be placid, new research suggests. It was thought that Rangitoto was formed by eruptions 500-550 years ago but ...

New research on Rangitoto is helping scientists plan for what might happen if Auckland's biggest volcano erupts. University of Auckland researchers have discovered that the hardened magma below ...

Six hundred years after Rangitoto erupted, scientists have found evidence that the solidified magma sitting beneath the volcano is still hot enough to drive a hydrothermal system on the island, giving ...