Karioi
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Karioi or Mount Karioi is a 2.4 million year old extinct stratovolcano 8 km (5.0 mi) SW of Raglan in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It was the earliest of the line of 6 calcalkalic volcanoes, the largest of which is Mount Pirongia. Karioi forms a background to many parts of Raglan.
Mt. Karioi, Raglan and Whaingaroa Harbour (February 2012)
"Viewed from the Northhead, the Karioi mountain presents itself in its full beauty as a mighty corner-buttress jutting far into the sea on the Southside of the harbour. It is a trachyte-stock like Pirongia, 2372 feet high, wood-grown from foot to top, its declivities furrowed by ravines, and with a broad, serrated top." Ferdinand von Hochstetter 1867.
The view south from Karioi summit, to Ruapuke, Taranaki Point on the left, Albatross Point (Honipaka), the Herangi Range and Mount Taranaki
Te Toto Gorge from lookout platform
Mount Pirongia
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Mount Pirongia is an extinct stratovolcano located in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It rises to 959 m (3,146 ft) and is the highest peak around the Waikato plains. Pirongia's many peaks are basaltic cones created by successive volcanic eruptions between the late Pliocene and early Pleistocene, about 2.5 million years ago. In the adjacent picture, the characteristic profile of the mountain can be seen, along with a prominent accessory cone to the right.
Mt. Pirongia, 4 April 2008
The Tirohanga Track skirts the foot of the hornblende andesite dike
Central plateau from near Pāhautea Hut at sunset
Bell Track boardwalk in pāhautea grove. It is gradually being extended towards The Cone.