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Rangitoto Island is a volcanic island in the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland, New Zealand.The 5.5 km (3.4 mi) wide island is a symmetrical shield volcano cone capped by central scoria cones, reaching a height of 260 m (850 ft).
The 43rd New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was The National Party, led by Jim Bolger.National controlled nearly seventy percent of the seats in Parliament. In the 1993 New Zealand general election National was returned to power with a reduced majority.
Ansett New Zealand Flight 703: air accident 9 Jun 1995: Tararua Range, near Palmerston North: 4 2023 Auckland Anniversary Weekend floods: flood 27 Jan 2023 – 2 Feb 2023: upper North Island 3 1968 Inangahua earthquake: earthquake 24 May 1968: near Inangahua Junction: 3 2023 Auckland shooting: shooting 20 Jul 2023: Auckland CBD: 2 1966 Air New ...
Tavurvur, and nearby Vulcan, erupted and devastated Rabaul; however, due to planning for such a catastrophe, the townsfolk were prepared and only five people were killed. One of the deaths was caused by lightning, a feature of volcanic ash clouds. [3] 4 Láscar [4] Chile 1993 4 Mount Spurr [5] Alaska, United States 1992 5 Mount Hudson [6] Chile ...
South of New Zealand: 7.1 [88] 7.0: 12 km: 46.57°S: 165.08°E: Reportedly felt as far north as Hamilton. 24 December 2004: Macquarie Ridge: South of New Zealand: 8.1 [89] 35 km: 49.31°S: 161.35°E: 2004 Tasman Sea earthquake: 14 March 2005: W of New Zealand: Btw. Taranaki & Tasman: 6.4: 154 km: 40.17°S: 173.63°E: Felt strongly throughout ...
New Zealand's largest lake, Lake Taupō, fills the caldera formed in this eruption. Taupō's most recent major eruption, the Taupō or Hatepe eruption, took place around 232 CE, and is New Zealand's largest eruption since Oruanui. [5] It ejected some 120 km 3 of material (rating 7 on the VEI scale), [6] with around 30 km 3 ejected in just a few ...
December 1993 events in New Zealand (1 P) This page was last edited on 28 January 2022, at 11:49 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Auckland volcanic field: 260: 853: 1421 Bombay Hills (part of the South Auckland volcanic field) 379--550,000 years ago Kārewa / Gannet Island---500,000 years ago Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field: 388: 1273