Rangitoto Island's a volcanic island in the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland, New Zealand. The 5.5 km wide island's an iconic and widely visible landmark of Auckland with its distinctive symmetrical shield volcano cone rising 260 metres (850 ft) high over the Hauraki Gulf. Rangitoto's the most recent and the largest (2311 hectares) with the name coming from the full phrase Ngā Rangi-i-totongia-a Tama-te-kapua ('The days of the bleeding of Tama-te-kapua'). Tama-te-kapua was the captain of the Ara… (More on Rangitoto)