New Zealand Student Tours with KANES
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Volcanoes -  New Zealand
Generally, different zones offer distinctly different aspects for interested groups to experience.

Layers of Loess, Breccia, & Basalt

 
Exploring a cave of volcanic deposits

Pillow Deposits

Teaching aid

Geothermal vents

Immense tectonic forces created hundreds of volcanoes in six Theme Zones.  All of them have special fascinating features to enjoy explore and learn from.

English & Volcano Zone:  See the inside of feature filled volcanoes.
Local Culture Zone:       -  Explore lava flows and pillows now part of coastal reefs
Scottish Culture Zone  -   Find conduit columns and harbour
Main Population Zone  -  Witness a  "Shield" volcano, & excellent museum displays
Alpine Trails Zone        -  Take a soak hot pools among the mountains
Active Volcano Zone    -  Experience geysers, fumaroles, calderas and more.

Studies
At on-site locations we learn about these natural wonders including their creation, development, deposits, aging effects and how humans use these to help sustain their settlements.  Numerous museums and information centres help us understand concepts. 

Walking trails lead to features of interest, we learn why human settlements are attracted to volcanoes we look at their hazards, care, management and safety issues. Involved too are various magma types, eruption types, mountain shapes and ash types.

Volcano tour    
In the English Culture and Volcano Zone we experience various types of ejected materials, plugs and dykes. We actually drive into a feature filled crater  An aerial cable car ride can take us to the crater rim and a time tunnel ride that brings the volcano's seven million rear growth to life.

Hot pools   
We find these phenomena in the South Island's Alpine Trails Zone the North Island's Main Population Zone Most are in the Active Volcano Zones.

Pillow Lava
The South Island's Local Culture Zone has excellent examples an basaltic pillow lava flows that travelled many kilometres to reach the ocean in a once violent steaming collision. 

Active Volcanoes   
The North Island's Active Volcano Zone has the world's widest variety of active volcanoes in a compact area. KANES recommend groups with main interests in volcanoes spend a minimum of 3 days exploring in this zone.  As well as numerous active volcanoes of various types we also find geysers, fumaroles, calderas and domes. This zone harnesses geothermal energy converting it into n electricity.

See also:-
Volcano walks for more information and learning adventures.
Volcano Settlements learning about settlements near volcanoes.
Shield volcano & lava tunnel
Link Images

Active andesitic cone