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Te Tātua-a-Riukiuta (Three Kings)

View of Te Tātua-a-Riukiuta (Three Kings) from Mt Roskill, NZ

Once three large individual scoria cone volcanoes (and a dozen scoria mounds), these have been extensively quarried so only one peak (named Big King) remains. Last eruption was around 31,000 years ago. The area contains many lava caves formed by lava flows beneath the surface.

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