Dormant
No, Mount Ruapehu is south of Auckland near Taupo
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Mt Ruapehu is not dormant but is an 'active' volcano. It last showed 'signs of unrest' in July 2008 (as of April 2009).
Mount Ruapehu has been around for over 250 000 years.
Undoubtedly the early Maori.
Edmund Hillary went on a class trip to Mount Ruapehu in 1935 when he was 16 years old.
280km
Right now Mount St Helens is dormant.
Mount Cook/Aoraki, Mount Aspiring, Mount Tasman, Mount Taranaki/Egmont, Mount Ruapehu, Mount Tapuaenuku
Mount Ruapehu is the largest active volcano in New Zealand. It is 9,175 feet in height and is the highest mountain in the North Island.
It is a dormant volcano