I whakangaromia te whare e te rangitoto me te pungarehu o te maunga. / The house was destroyed by the lava and the ash of the mountain.

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Ka koropupū te moana ānō he puia. Muri tonu iho, kua kite atu au e kāngia ana ētahi wāhi o te tima, kua rongo atu hoki au ki aku tāngata e auē ana, e ngunguru ana i te mamae (TP 1/7/1902:2). / The sea was boiling like a volcano. Just after that I saw some parts of the ship burning and I heard my men crying out and groaning with pain.

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Ko Te Hoata ko Te Pupu ngā tuāhine a Ngātoroirangi. I a ia i mate ai i te huka i runga o Tongariro, ka karangatia ki ōna tuāhine kia haria mai te ahi tipua i Hawaiki; koia ngā puia (M 2004:200). / Te Hoata and Te Pupu were the sisters of Ngātoroirangi. When he was dying from cold on Tongariro Mountain he called to his sisters to bring volcanic activity from Hawaiki, hence the geysers.

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Ko te puia koeko: He rahi ngā toka hou ka puta i te wāhi i hū ake ai te tokarewa ki waho (RP 2009:336). / Cone-shaped volcano: A large amount of new rock appears at the place where the magma erupts.

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Ko Motutaiko i te moana o Taupō he tauira o te puia kōpuku. / Motutaiko in Lake Taupō is an example of a dome volcano.

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E kore te puia korehāhā e hū ake anō (RP 2009:336). / An extinct volcano will never erupt again.

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Kāore te puia moe i te hū i tēnei wā, engari tērā pea, ka hū ake anō ā tōna wā (RP 2009:336). / A dormant volcano is not erupting now, but might erupt again at some time in the future.

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Ko te puia oho: E oho ana tēnei puia, e koropupū ana te tokarewa i roto i a ia, ā, e hū ake ana i ētahi wā. Hei tauira, ko Ruapehu me Whakaari (RP 2009:336). / Active volcano: this type of volcano is active, and the magma is bubbling within it, and sometimes it erupts, e.g. Ruapehu and White Island.

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Ko te puia pākai: He mea hanga tēnei puia i te āta hū ake me te rere o te tahepuia i te mata o te whenua. Kāore e tino poupou ngā tahataha. Hei tauira, ko te moutere o Tūhua (RP 2009:336). / Shield volcano: This type of volcano is built with steady eruptions and the lava flowing over the surface of the land. The sides are not very steep, e.g. Mayor Island.

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Engari i kitea atu te pupuhatanga mai o te ahi i te maunga o Kirauea, i te pō (TKM 29/3/1849:3). / But the mountain of Kilauea was seen to erupt with fire during the night.

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