What are some examples of dormant volcanoes in New Zealand?

A volcanic field, that covers around 360km2 is under Auckland city. This includes 49 separate volcanoes, each of which is considered extinct. However, the field as a whole remains active. The last eruption was Rangitoto, around 600 years ago. read more

There are another couple of major dormant volcanoes in New Zealand. One is Lake Okataina, situated in the inland Bay of Plenty, which has the potential to erupt in this century. The other is Mount Egmont in the far west of the North Island, which last erupted about 1755 AD. read more

However, it is very difficult to define whether other types of volcanoes are active, dormant or extinct. For example, here in New Zealand we have two ignimbrite/rhyolitic caldera volcanoes that are still classified as active and have thermal activity in several places withing their huge craters, but these craters also contain a large town and a city. read more