Rangitoto, Auckland's youngest volcano - Roadside Stories

The landscape of New Zealand's largest city is dotted with 48 volcanoes. The oldest volcano last erupted some 150,000 years ago -- the youngest, Rangitoto Island, is just 600 years old. A symmetrical volcanic cone, it has been colonised by red-flowering pōhutukawa forest.
Aerial view of Rangitoto,
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Gulf islands,
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Auckland volcanoes,
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Auckland volcanoes in 1865 and today,
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Eruptions in early history,
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Pōhutukawa,
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Difficult to find much on the net describing the magnitude and damage caused by Rangitoto when it erupted around 600 years ago. Was it just a fizzer? The "bloody sky" name given is by Maori, when translated, just pertains to even more mythical story telling about two competing tribes around the region ("the days of the bleeding of Tama-te-kapua"). Is there any scientific material out there regarding the magnitude of this volcanic event?

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