Whangārei Heads Volcanic Geology

[@Chris.Davies]

You upload. I click. I watch. I enjoy. I upvote.

[@OutThereLearning]

You comment, we like! 🙂

[@PlayNowWorkLater]

@@OutThereLearninghow does one up vote on KZbin?

[@burgerbobbelcher]

@@PlayNowWorkLater Likes. FFS.

[@PlayNowWorkLater]

@@burgerbobbelcher I upvote your name.

[@TimKendall]

This man is a national treasure.

[@treblepet]

I was near the 12 Apostles the other day explaining how certain features had come about to the tour guide from something I learned from your videos only a few weeks before. Don't stop making and posting these videos.

[@duncanwallace7760]

I walked up a few of those peaks when I was in NZ a couple of years ago. It's a beautiful area. Glad I know a bit more about the geology now, thanks!

[@OutThereLearning]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@ceejayretired]

My father came from Taurikura and had told us that it was a natural jetty but we never understood the formation of it so thank you for this video.

[@gaius_enceladus]

Great video! That formation is just so straight, and with its flat sides, you'd swear it was man-made! Amazing!

[@OutThereLearning]

It is!

[@BruceHayward1]

Yes so straight sided and even thickness because the lava intruded up along a linear (planar) fracture and pushed the rock apart along the straight-sided fracture.

[@danteromano5924]

Much easier to understand the Whangārei landscape with your teaching Bruce. Thank you.

[@Speensinc]

This is great. So much respect for geologists being able to tell a tale over eons just from reading the landscape properly

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks!

[@guyfitter3006]

Amazing and entertaining

[@kenphillips5221]

Thank you Bruce. Brilliant!

[@OutThereLearning]

🙂

[@James-hemi]

Thank you for giving such a valuable asset to the New Zealand community. As a local of Whangarei, having someone to talk about the natural phenomena and geographical formation of the land is so warm-hearted and commendable. keep up the good work!

[@OutThereLearning]

Our pleasure!

[@andrewmagnusson]

Very interesting and well explained. Thank you.

[@OutThereLearning]

Glad it was helpful!

[@rossmcleod7983]

What a gorgeous country, many thanks.

[@OutThereLearning]

Tis!

[@wimokaharawira8443]

Was out their on Tuesday, I didn't think geology could be so interesting.

[@OutThereLearning]

Great!

[@barry7608]

Thanks very enjoyable. I worked in the field doing radiography on pipeline welds and got to view many ‘trenches’ and cuttings around Australia. I am fascinated with geology but struggle answering so much of what I see. I have subscribed to your channel because you explained that at my level. I need to start really paying attention to using the correct terminology.! Take care

[@mostreallyme]

Really appreciate this wonderful channel.. Big thanks to Bruce and co who have given me a whole new perspective and i can't wait to get out and explore our kiwi beaches this summer

[@OutThereLearning]

Cheers!

[@Shaun.Stephens]

I appreciate you taking the time to share your knowledge. Interesting stuff.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for your appreciation!

[@anniecochrane3359]

I visited the Whangarei heads a year or so ago and was fascinated by the craggy rock peaks and landscapes. Now I know how they were formed. Next time I visit i'm going to make sure to see the natural 'pier'. Thank you for this great session - so well articulated.

[@zanasteer]

I live just down the road from there, will have to go and have a look!

[@OutThereLearning]

Yes do!

[@zanasteer]

@@OutThereLearning I did go and have a look. Was nice to understand what it was and how it was formed. Thanks for your videos 🙂

[@OutThereLearning]

@@zanasteer that's great!

[@anneleahy9010]

Fascinating stuff, I visit there often and will now take a closer look.

[@Luubelaar]

Thank you so much for your videos. I learn something every time.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks, that's great

[@susannap.8834]

Great explanation! I am watching from Germany and I think I won't ever travel to NZ - but I'm interested in volcanos. Your explanations make me see structures and differences and stories, where other people just see "stones". Thank you!

[@OutThereLearning]

@@susannap.8834 thanks for watching and appreciating at such a distance!

[@ianh2674]

Another fascinating video on NZ’s ancient history, thanks for sharing

[@OutThereLearning]

Our pleasure!

[@StuffandThings_]

Some time I'd love to see you check out the islands on the western edge of the Hauparua inlet up by the Bay of Islands. It appears to be an excellent example of a basalt lava flow partially drowned (like Meola reef) but way larger, and with basically no information about it. There even looks to be lava levees still present from satellite, giving the islands some really unique shapes. The volcanism up north is super underrated and has a lot of fascinating features.

[@Hayden-i7x]

Yep just lava flows everywhere😂, very fun area to build houses😂 lots of drilling and a few explosions, also some cool rock walls made from the smaller volcanic rocks, not a geologist tho haha just build alot of houses there and familys from there

[@Hayden-i7x]

Would also love to see a video explaining it

[@OutThereLearning]

Noted

[@Hayden-i7x]

@@OutThereLearning by watching your other videos im guessing its part of the kaihohe/waitangi volocanic aera as its just around the corner from waitangi by sea, also out Tapuaetahi aera there is alot of i think bassalt coloms(again guessing from watching your videos)

[@BruceHayward1]

Brilliant observations. Yes the tidal reefs there are the drowned portion of the end of a long basalt flow from the 4 young Te Puke scoria cones (behind Waitangi). Possibly was young as Mt St John which erupted the lava flow that forms Meola Reef. Bothe would have been erupted when sea level was lower and the inlets were forested valleys. Spectacular features and columnar jointing visible from the air. Unfortunately, we did not have time this latest trip to film it for the Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanoes video.

[@Robert.Chauval]

Awesome, very well presented.. My old stomping ground when i was a kid. Ive wanted to know the detailed story of Whangarei heads volcanism ever since. Thanks so much.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thank you

[@jennywilloughby3236]

I love this channel, thank you.

[@OutThereLearning]

That's great! 🙂

[@amacuro]

Love these, thanks so much for explaining and for your passion!

[@OutThereLearning]

You are welcome!

[@franceshorton918]

Loved this ! Excellent information, presented in an interesting way, and humourously too... "why would we care if the rocks are angular or rounded?" "Well, ...." ❤ Makes me wish I'd taken Geology further than the Fifth form at High School . But back then, it "wasn't a career for a girl" my parents said.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for your appreciation. Great that you enjoy geology

[@VeloVios]

Oh wow, such a great channel. This is what the internet should be for people. Pull ya head up and start learning instead of cluelessly listening

[@OutThereLearning]

Cheers!

[@Hayden-i7x]

Another few places to go and visit, cheers mate, that jetty is crazy

[@OutThereLearning]

Aye!

[@patchnl2699]

Thankyou. This is a awesome channel. I go fossicking with my daughter's at smugglers bay an have found some nice treasures, agates, jaspers

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for your interest!

[@langkahhati]

Please make video like this more often..

[@bernardpullon4632]

Very similar formations to the Otago (peninsula area) coast. Thank you for a great video.

[@OutThereLearning]

Yep! Breccias, dykes and lavas

[@natasnatas9581]

swam there as a kid,lots of large rays close in shore,love this channel,very informative.👍❤

[@OutThereLearning]

Cool!

[@christinedaly2694]

Thank you love NZ videos you give great information 😊

[@OutThereLearning]

Cheers!

[@franktalk2]

I’ll be looking twice at the natural jetty from now on. Wow! Thank you.

[@OutThereLearning]

Great!

[@franceshorton918]

Yes, that "jetty" does look man-made. Or, pre-human alien construction! I wonder that someone hasn't already deified it as " a mysterious alien structure , evidence that Earth has had intergalactic visitors " To quote the refreshed Tui beer brand billboards, "Yeah, right"

[@fredio54]

Have you guys done one about "the mount" in Tauranga? I expect that rocky outcrop several hundred metres along the beach has a story behind it that Bruce could tell beautifully.

[@OutThereLearning]

Not yet!

[@carstenofthemathieufamily1990]

Be great to see a Video about the Wairere Boulders Nature Reserve or Whangaroa harbour St Pauls Rock etc.. Great Videos..

[@OutThereLearning]

Here is one about the Wairere Boulders kzbin.info/www/bejne/mImuha2tlrmEgbM

[@carstenofthemathieufamily1990]

@@OutThereLearning Super!

[@OutThereLearning]

@@carstenofthemathieufamily1990 here is a map of videos so far: www.google.com/mymaps/viewer?mid=1MXdectNoCA4DmcvyQJCFxTcJrxJo3fY&hl=en

[@shadownz28]

Having lived at Whangarei Heads when I was little, I found this very interesting. I thought those volcanoes were Basalt given their size so good know what they actually are

[@martinsmallwood9605]

question I have In Auckland harbor there are a few deep holes. One to the east of motouihe Island and two to the south of Crusoe rock. They go down to 26 meters or more a lot deeper than the rest of Auckland harbor. It has always struck me that they are probably volcanic in origin but I have never seen them mentioned in any discussion on Auckland's volcanic activity. The only reson I can see for them is they are explosive craters formed by volcanic activity. I do know that they hold good numbers of snapper along the edges as the bottom drops away.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for your comment - interesting

[@rjjames9336]

Amazing

[@geofflewis8599]

Good work..one day do the Mangakino complex..

[@jaspervanp2346]

How far from the Kaimanawa wall is this? looks the same

[@Hayden-i7x]

500kms +

[@johnnylingo4686]

Fantastic😊

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks!

[@lyricallyunwaxable1234]

Excellently explained, for me the novice.

[@OutThereLearning]

Great to hear!

[@SeaSide420]

❤👍

[@LucindaGreen1]

Hi. I'd like to take my kids here (homeschoolers) could you please give me a Google maps latitude and longitude so we can find the spot. Thanks 🙂

[@OutThereLearning]

Taurikura Bay, near public toilets, opposite Ody Road

[@LucindaGreen1]

@@OutThereLearning Found it on the map, fantastic thank you!

[@OutThereLearning]

Have a great field trip!

[@nigelworters3667]

Nah it was clearly built by the sophisticated Celtic Egyptians who got here using Viking dragonships 2000 years before the primitive mowri invaded and ate them all.... Nah just kidding... tho i wouldnt be surprised if sombody said it for real great video, informative and fun as always😊

[@daleolson3506]

Where’s the gold n silver?

[@Alasdair-Morrison]

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[@quays99]

It's not possible for the shape of manaia, Whangarei heads, mt Aubrey, hen and chickens and sail rock to have formed by erosion. Something electrical has happened. Each one has pinnacles at one end which lean back to the other end of the rounded end of the ridge. They are also in alignment with the earths magnetic field.

[@IheartMount]

Is it "not possible", or do you simply not understand how all geological processes work? They are fairly well studied and understood, and there are geological reasons for all the features on those structures. For example, look up the paper titled "GEOLOGY OF HEN ISLAND (TARANGA), AND RECLASSIFICATION OF THE WAIRAKAU ANDESITES" for a very detailed description of Hen Island and Sail Rock. It might not be as fanciful as an "electrical" theory, but it is far, far more plausible. You can find similar resources for all the other geological features you mentioned.

[@markgallagher5908]

@@IheartMount For some reason the asylum inmates gather to comment on geology videos, they're more active here than on any other scientific topics. They mostly push the electric universe "theory" while the rest object because geology contradicts their religious beliefs.

[@quays99]

Thank you for taking the time to reply. I read the paper. They seem to be using every excuse to make these ridges fit into their preconceived ideas of how things work. "The slopes of strato-volcanic cones seldom exceed 30-40°, yet the dip of the sequence on Hen Island averages c. 40° with dips as steep as 60°-70° in many places, especially along the south coast. Sit on Langes beach and look at whangarei heads and the hen. They are a mirror image of each other.

[@K1VV1939]

I live in the Whangarei area and have seen Exactly what you are talking about. As a Kid I would have loved this stuff - I'm now 70 years old ... As a Kid I was made confused by Religion and god made everything shit and my Joy of Discovery was STOLEN from me, I'm now 70 years old ... There was never a god and the reality is in the Rocks. 4th line and I'm wanting to talk to that one christian religion reader ... You were Lied to ... nothing you were trained to believe is true ... there is no god and the rocks prove it ... Good Luck !!

[@number1genoa]

No No, its an ancient structure proving that Aliens visited NZ 5,000 years ago woo woo :-)

[@fox1nz]

I say thats a spine

[@Deipnosophist_the_Gastronomer]

👍

[@transistor754]

I love you but you are r wrong in this instance. Those aren't cobbles making up the boulder , they are just volcanic foam. All of the same flume?

[@fox1nz]

I can show u a better one just saying

[@OutThereLearning]

Feel free!

[@BruceHayward1]

The next best natural jetty in NZ is on Campbell Island where a dike intrudes soft limestone at the upper end of Perseverance Harbour. I have photos I took there 20 yrs ago.

[@Remedy-my2ml]

No way I do believe that's natural

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for your comment. Dykes are very common in areas of volcanism worldwide and they are clearly natural when observed in their geological context. But it is striking how they often look like a made structure.

[@markgallagher5908]

You're correct it couldn't possibly be natural, the feature itself is much longer and the scientists are trying to hide its true origin from us. It is said that our lord the flying spaghetti monster peace be upon him lost one of his tentacles and when it fell off the spaghetti strand fell to earth and became fossilised forming this feature. These scientists need to repent and fall into the embrace of our lords noodly appendages for the sinners will be crushed under the weight of his meaty balls, ramen.