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Volcanoes of Auckland

A Field Guide

Author: Bruce W. Hayward and Alastair Jamieson  

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A fully illustrated field guide for Aucklanders and visitors to take with them out among the 53 volcanoes that shape this city.

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A fully illustrated field guide for Aucklanders and visitors to take with them out among the 53 volcanoes that shape this city.

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Volcanoes of Auckland is a handy field guide to the fiery natural world that so deeply shapes New Zealand's largest city - from Rangitoto to One Tree Hill, Lake Pupuke to Orakei Basin. For tens of thousands of years, volcanoes have profoundly shaped the area's geology and geography. And for hundreds of years, volcanoes have played a key part in the lives of Maori and Pakeha - as sites for pa, kumara gardens or twentieth-century military fortifications, as sources of stone and water, and now as parks and reserves for all to enjoy. In a new format designed for the backpack (and including three newly recognised craters), the field guide features: an accessible introduction to the science of eruptions, including dating and the next eruption a history of Maori and Pakeha uses of the volcanoes an illustrated guide to each of Auckland's 53 volcanoes, including where to go and what to do aerial photography, maps and historic photographs - over 400 illustrations, 80% of them new. This field guide will help readers engage afresh with the history, geography and geology of Auckland's unique volcanic landscape. How many volcanoes are there? When did they erupt and how do we know? Will there be another eruption in Auckland and, if so, where and when? Will we have sufficient warning to evacuate in time? What is a lava cave, a volcanic bomb or a tuff ring? Why were Auckland's volcanoes such an attraction to early Maori? Why is it that Auckland's freshest water comes out of our volcanoes? This book answers these and many more questions. Volcanoes of Auckland is the essential guide for locals and tourists, school children and scientists, as they climb up Mt Eden or North Head and take in the volcanic landscape that so shapes life in our city.

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About the Author

Bruce W. Hayward is a retired geologist and marine ecologist based in Auckland. He is a former member of the Auckland Conservation Board and New Zealand Conservation Authority, and former president of the Geological Society of New Zealand. His wide interests in natural and human history have resulted in twenty previous books on topics as diverse as archaeology, the kauri timber and gum industries, the history of Auckland cinemas, New Zealand fossils, volcanoes, building stones and conservation; and, as joint author, the popular A Field Guide to Auckland.Alastair Jamieson is an Auckland-based ecologist and photographer who has documented the region's changing natural environment with aerial photography for over 25 years. You can see more of his images at

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Product Details

Publisher
Auckland University Press
Published
7th November 2019
Pages
344
ISBN
9781869409012

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CUSTOMER REVIEWS

28 Jun, 2021
This wonderful, readable book has given me all the information I wanted on where the Auckland Volcanoes are and how to access them. Easy to dip into to get just what's needed. Thoroughly informative to whatever level suited me with much to pique interest. Everything to enhance my enjoyment of Auckland's volcanoes. Thank you for this book.
By Jenny
07 Jun, 2021
A good introduction to the volcanoes of Auckland. A suitable successor to Searle City of Volcanoes
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