Ruapehu

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Eruptions over time from the archives

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Image: Eruption of Mount Ruapehu, with mountaineers watching

Eruption of Mount Ruapehu, with mountaineers watching

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Image: Mount Ruapehu in eruption

Mount Ruapehu in eruption

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Image: Mt Ruapehu, the Giant - Sleeping, AROUSED. 27 September, 2007

Mt Ruapehu, the Giant - Sleeping, AROUSED. 27 September, 2007

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Image: Eruption of Mount Ruapehu - Photograph taken by Phil Reid

Eruption of Mount Ruapehu - Photograph taken by Phil Reid

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Image: Brockie, Bob :"That settles it then - we test our next volcano in Paris!". National Business Review 6 October 1995.

Brockie, Bob :"That settles it then - we test our next volcano in Paris!". National Business Review 6 October 1995.

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Image: Chateau Tongariro, and Mount Ruapehu erupting behind

Chateau Tongariro, and Mount Ruapehu erupting behind

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Newspaper

RUAPEHU ERUPTS (Evening Post, 14 August 1934)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Eruption of Mount Ruapehu - Photograph taken by Phil Reid

Eruption of Mount Ruapehu - Photograph taken by Phil Reid

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Image: Artist unknown :Exploring in the King Country, North Island, New Zealand - I. Lake Taupo / TG [sc.]; Mount Tongariro by moonlight - seen from the Waihohonu Valley. The Graphic, May 24, 1884, [page] 513

Artist unknown :Exploring in the King Country, North Island, New Zealand - I. Lake Taupo / TG [sc.]; Mount Tongariro by moonlight - seen from the W...

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Image: Eruption of Mt Ruapehu

Eruption of Mt Ruapehu

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Newspaper

THE MARE. (Hawke's Bay Herald, 11 February 1897)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Aorangi Ski Club members packaging ash from the eruption of Mount Ruapehu into Christmas cards - Photograph taken by Phil Reid

Aorangi Ski Club members packaging ash from the eruption of Mount Ruapehu into Christmas cards - Photograph taken by Phil Reid

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Image: Eruption of Mt Ruapehu

Eruption of Mt Ruapehu

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Image: Eruption of Mt Ruapehu

Eruption of Mt Ruapehu

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Image: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :Someone has to protest! Have you ever thought what underground tests could do to me? [Dominion, 21 February 1975]

Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :Someone has to protest! Have you ever thought what underground tests could do to me? [Dominion, 21 February 1975]

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Image: Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908 :Lake Taupo, Hatepe [ca 1870]

Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908 :Lake Taupo, Hatepe [ca 1870]

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Newspaper

SMOKE AND STEAM (Evening Post, 20 March 1945)

National Library of New Zealand

Newspaper

THE RUAPEHU ERUPTION. (Auckland Star, 13 March 1895)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Volcanology student Blair Lynch-Bosse blows volcanic ash off his car at Whakapapa village during the Mount Ruapehu eruption - Photograph taken by Phil Reid

Volcanology student Blair Lynch-Bosse blows volcanic ash off his car at Whakapapa village during the Mount Ruapehu eruption - Photograph taken by P...

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Newspaper

RUAPEHU. (Bush Advocate, 26 April 1907)

National Library of New Zealand

Research paper

Crustal and mantle influences and U–Th–Ra disequilibrium in andesitic lavas of Ngauruhoe volcano, New Zealand

University of Waikato

Newspaper

RUAPEHU RUMBLINGS. (Wanganui Herald, 20 April 1907)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: The crater lake on Mount Ruapehu, photographed yesterday, when the cone in the centre of the lake was erupting and sending up a column of steam and ashes. This photograph was taken from an aircraft by a Public Works Department photographer. (Evening Post, 22 March 1945)

The crater lake on Mount Ruapehu, photographed yesterday, when the cone in the centre of the lake was erupting and sending up a column of steam and...

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Newspaper

RUAPEHU STEAMS (Evening Post, 12 March 1945)

National Library of New Zealand