Hikurangi subduction margin

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The Hikurangi subduction margin is a major plate boundary off the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island where the Pacific Plate is being subducted beneath the Australian Plate, driving significant seismic, volcanic, and geothermal activity.


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Taupō geothermal area
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