Meaning, it has been formed from liquid lava, which cooled down and hardened. People witnessing the formation gave this volcano the name Rangitoto, which means bleeding skies. How do I get there? Getting to Rangitoto Island is easy! If you are redeeming your gift voucher at one of our ticket offices, you will be given a hard copy of your ferry ticket for travel. All vouchers are non-refundable and valid for 12 months from the purchase date. Vouchers are not redeemable for cash.
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Planning to visit Motutapu Island? Add to cart. Child is years inclusive. Only a short scenic ferry ride across the harbour from downtown Auckland, the island is a favourite destination for hikers and day-trippers.
Emerging unexpectedly from the sea some years ago, it is the youngest and largest volcano in the Auckland volcanic field. Take the guided tour option on the 4WD road train or walk up to the summit on foot approximately 1 hour each way.
See the black lava caves on your way up and bring a torch to explore them with the kids. The views from the top are spectacular - you'll be able to see everything from the emerald islands of the Hauraki Gulf to the rugged horizons of the Waitakere Ranges in the west and Hunua Ranges in the east. Water lovers can take a guided sea kayaking trip out to Rangitoto — the adventurous can even try a night kayak, heading out in the evening to watch a spectacular sunset from the summit before paddling back in the dark under the stars towards the glowing city lights.
For more Rangitoto Island travel information visit aucklandnz. A regular daily ferry service from either downtown Auckland or Devonport Wharf makes getting to Rangitoto easy and convenient. Click here for timetable information opens in new window. While rising beachfront property prices elsewhere drive the replacement of traditional kiwi baches with palatial holiday homes, the baches remaining on Rangitoto are now considered cultural treasures.
The island was purchased by the Crown in and in designated as a public domain, administered by the Devonport Borough Council. Rangitoto was a popular destination for picnic parties from Auckland.
Thus began a series of decrees, petitions and reprieves for the baches that continues to the present day. In the government ordered the baches to be removed, but later allowed a period of 20 years before they had to be demolished. In the Minister of Lands issued a non-transferable lifetime lease to those who could prove ownership of the baches.
As lessees died or surrendered their leases, the Hauraki Gulf Maritime Park Board and subsequently the Department of Conservation demolished the baches.
Prisoners brought from the Mt Eden prison quarry to build roads between and also built facilities for the bach communities. Generations of children were taught to swim in a tidal swimming pool constructed near the Rangitoto wharf, while over at Islington Bay, a hall and tennis courts were built largely with funds from the bach holders. Holidays at the baches were restricted for a time during WWII.
A corrugated iron hut outside the back door provides an open fireplace for cooking. Back then the house was out in the open, and there were roses planted all around it. Since the baches were assessed for their architectural merit, officialdom has begun to agree with the refrain of bach owners and enthusiasts who have long lobbied for the protection of the remaining baches.
I stroll along the shell path beneath tangled pohutukawa branches to join the throng of day-trippers boarding the boat for the short trip back to the city. The Fullers ferries bring people to the island on a summer weekend day like this.
The Sky Tower looms like a hypodermic jabbed into the city skyline—no competition, I think, to Rangitoto as the symbol of Auckland. Rangitoto is the latest in a procession of about fifty volcanoes to have erupted from the Auckland Volcanic Field, a zone of volcanism covering an area of km2.
Recent research shows the field to have been active for up to , years, with roughly twenty eruptions over the past 20, years. With such a record, Aucklanders should not be complacent about future eruptions.
Another Rangitoto-sized volcano in the wrong place would devastate everything within a 3. Phil Shane is a geologist at the University of Auckland attempting to establish a record of the ash that has fallen on Auckland in the past. Core samples from the funnel-shaped explosion craters of Onepoto Basin on the North Shore, and Pukaki Lagoon, near Mangere, have been analysed for ash they have trapped.
From 9, to 27, years ago, 44 events from various sources deposited tephra in Auckland.
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