Most of central Auckland sits on the remains of 53 volcanic cones and craters. While there’s no way of knowing when an ...

Auckland is known for its volcanic cones - and while an eruption is very unlikely to happen, the volcanic field is ...

The city of Auckland might be in one of the most volcanically interesting locations on the planet. The largest city of New Zealand is built on top of an active volcanic field, with at least 50 ...

A volcanic eruption in Auckland could result in clouds of hot, fast-moving gas and debris, known as base surges, travelling ...

"Auckland sits on an active volcanic field with 53 known volcanic centers and it is likely there will be an eruption in the future, we just aren't sure when or where," says lead researcher ...

Auckland lies among 50 volcanoes in a volcanic field. The volcanoes are not described as extinct, they are dormant. So do they pose any threat? Matthew Crawford reports.

Geologists now wonder if the eruption behaviour of the Auckland volcanic field has changed. Older volcanoes appear to have erupted in short bursts of just months or years, and there is no pattern ...

Auckland’s next major volcanic eruption could throw concentrated sulphur dioxide across hundreds of square kilometres – threatening the health of the city.

Auckland, New Zealand, has a rather frightening next-door neighbor: the Auckland Volcanic Field, which contains 53 individual volcanic centers capable of exploding and raining volcanic rock down ...

Yesterday I mentioned the Auckland Volcanic Field – the cluster of volcanoes underneath New Zealand’s largest city. Although the Auckland Volcanic Field is a region to monitor for activity, it ...

This is of particular interest for future volcanic eruptions in New Zealand, such as an eruption in the Auckland Volcanic Field, which is overlain by the city of Auckland.