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Rangitoto Island

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).[2][3] Rangitoto is the youngest and largest of the approximately 50 volcanoes of the Auckland volcanic field, having erupted in two phases about 1450 CE and 1500 CE [4][5] and covering an area of 2,311 ha (5,710 acres).[3][6] It is separated from the mainland of Auckland's North Shore by the Rangitoto Channel. Since World War II, it has been linked by a causeway to the much older, non-volcanic Motutapu Island.[7]

This article is about the island in the Hauraki Gulf. For the islands in the Marlborough Sounds, see Rangitoto Islands. For the rural community in New Zealand's North Island, see Rangitoto, Waikato. For the mountain and range, see Rangitoto Range.

Ngā Rangi-i-totongia-a Tama-te-kapua (Māori)

Rangitoto is Māori for 'Bloody Sky',[8] with the name coming from the full phrase Ngā Rangi-i-totongia-a Tama-te-kapua ("The days of the bleeding of Tama-te-kapua"). Tama-te-kapua was the captain of the Arawa waka (canoe) and was badly wounded on the island, after having lost a battle with the Tainui iwi (tribe) at Islington Bay.[6][9][10]

 – Volcanic field in New Zealand

Auckland volcanic field

 – Volcanic activity of New Zealand

Volcanism of New Zealand

List of volcanoes in New Zealand

is a novel, TV series and film set around Rangitoto.

Under the Mountain

Jamieson, Alastair (2004). . New Zealand Geographic. 68. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016.

"Rangitoto"

Julian, Andrea (1992). . University of Auckland PhD thesis

The vegetation pattern of Rangitoto

Whiting, Diana (1986). . University of Auckland Masters thesis

Vegetation colonisation of Rangitoto Island: the role of crevice microclimate

Bennett, Kurt (2014). (PDF). Flinders University.

Rich pickings: Abandoned vessel material reuse on Rangitoto Island, New Zealand

Volcanoes of Auckland: A Field Guide. Hayward, B.W.; Auckland University Press, 2019, 335 pp.  0-582-71784-1.

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at the Department of Conservation

Rangitoto Island Scenic Reserve

Rangitoto Island Historic Conservation Trust

held in Auckland Libraries' heritage collections.

Photographs of Rangitoto Island