Erosion and Sedimentation of Taranaki Volcano

Taranaki Volcano stands in isolation above its own ring plain on the western side of New Zealand's North Island. It is a stratovolcano, made of layers of hard lava with soft ash sandwiched between them. This makes for a very unstable mountain and occasionally leads to massive collapses of the volcano.

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Video supported by GNS Science. We acknowledge the cultural significance of Maunga Taranaki to all iwi of Taranaki and thank tangata whenua (indigenous peoples) for the privilege of engaging with the ancestral landscape and telling the geological story. Thanks also to Making Movies Co, Auckland for aerial imagery and the assistance of the staff of the Ngāmotu/ New Plymouth Office of the Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai New Zealand.