Muriwai pillow lavas on the west coast of Auckland were threatened with complete removal in the early 1970s with the planned enlargement of the existing aggregate quarry. Several years of campaigning by local residents and the Auckland branch of the Geological Society brought all quarrying to an end and they are now protected within a Regional Park. These are probably the best displayed example of submarine pillow lavas anywhere in New Zealand. They were erupted onto the seafloor on the lower slopes of the Waitakere volcano, 16 million years ago. Photo: Bruce Hayward
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Forest and Bird, Volume 20, Issue 3, 1 August 1989, Unnumbered Page
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93Muriwai pillow lavas on the west coast of Auckland were threatened with complete removal in the early 1970s with the planned enlargement of the existing aggregate quarry. Several years of campaigning by local residents and the Auckland branch of the Geological Society brought all quarrying to an end and they are now protected within a Regional Park. These are probably the best displayed example of submarine pillow lavas anywhere in New Zealand. They were erupted onto the seafloor on the lower slopes of the Waitakere volcano, 16 million years ago. Photo: Bruce Hayward Forest and Bird, Volume 20, Issue 3, 1 August 1989, Unnumbered Page
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