Resources
PUBLICATIONS
The Tears of Rangitoto
Robert Goldstone
Macmillan Company, 1979
Rangitoto – Te Toka Tu Moana/The Rock Standing in the Ocean
Maria Gill & Heather Arnold
Long White Cloud Books & Dragonsauce Books, 2009
Natural History of Rangitoto Island
Mike D Wilcox
Auckland Botanical Society,2007
Rangitoto: The Story of the Island and it’s People
Angela Woolnough
Angela Woolnough, 1984
Rangitoto Island
Victoria Purdie
Lulu Press, 2021
Walks Through Auckland’s Geological Past
Peter F Balance & Ian E.M. Smith
Geoscience Society of NZ, 1982
Holiday Communities on Rangitoto Island
Susan E Yoffe
University of Auckland, 2000
The Eruptive History of Rangitoto Island
Andrew John Needham
University of Auckland
Islands : a New Zealand Journey
Bruce Ansley & Jane Ussher
Godwit, 2016
ONLINE ARTICLES
In search of summer
New Zealand Geographic
More than a century ago, people were granted temporary leases to build baches on Rangitoto Island, and a thriving community grew around these rudimentary dwellings. But Rangitoto is public land. A debate over the legitimacy of private baches existing there began in the 1920s and continues today…
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
RNZ
Kennedy is on Rangitoto Island in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf looking at the volcanic reserve’s heritage baches…
PLAY
Rangitoto
Geoffrey Clenden
Self produced
Overview: Explores the history of the bach community on Rangitoto during the 1930s
ONLINE VIDEOS
Sacred Islands
Ngai Tai Ki Tamaki
Aotearoa’s Hauraki Gulf – Tikapa Moana – is home to more than 50 islands.
Extraction and Conservation on Rangitoto
Auckland Libraries
The development of extractive industries and subsequent efforts for conservation on Rangitoto Island
Rangitoto Volcano
Out There Learning
Lava, caves and secrets of Auckland’s volcanic marvel.
Rangitoto
Department of Conservation
Visual tour of Rangitoto Island (non narrated)
TV SHOWS
Under The Mountain
TVNZ
TV series following the adventures of Rachel and Theo Matheson, twins with psychic abilities as they explore the strange world beneath Rangitoto Island and confront the alien Wilber forces
Eruption
The Gisbon Group
A scientist discovers Rangitoto is active and citizens must be evactuated as the island threatens to erupt.
Meet The Locals
Department of Conservation, TVNZ
A TV series with two episodes focusing on natural wildlife on Rangitoto Island
Heritage Rescue
Top Shelf Productions
A TV series with one episode featuring the the baches on Rangitoto Island and restoration of the museum
Islands of the Gulf
TVNZ
A TV series focusing on the natural wildlife of the Hauraki Gulf Islands
Eruption
NZ on Screen
A 2010 television movie that depicts a fictional eruption in Auckland
AUDIO: Music, Podcasts
MUSIC:
Rangitoto
Gareth Farr
Orchestral piece commissioned for a millennium celebration depicting the eruption of the island
MUSIC:
Rangitoto Island
Quail State
Spotify track that is a musical tribute to the island