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After a period of volcanic unrest that had resulted in an increase in alert level on 20 July 2012,<ref name="GeoNet2022">{{cite web |title=Te Maari: Ten-year anniversary of the 2012 eruption(s) |url=https://www.geonet.org.nz/news/1wJOejzSje4TmJnphO8bBM |access-date=7 August 2022 |archive-date=11 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811105925/https://www.geonet.org.nz/news/1wJOejzSje4TmJnphO8bBM |url-status=live }}</ref> at 11:50&nbsp;pm (NZST, [[UTC+12]]) on 6 August 2012, Mt Tongariro had what was initially believed to be a hydrothermal eruption after this increased activity. The eruption occurred at the Te Māri Craters,<ref name=NZHerald2012/> which had not had a major ash eruption since 1897<ref name=GeoNet2012/> and had been dormant since September 1899.<ref name="GeoNet2022"/>

 

 

An ash cloud {{cvt|6.1|km}} high deposited ash into the surrounding area, especially to the east of the volcano. The ash cloud travelled {{cvt|250|km}} in four hours. [[NIWA]] reported the ash cloud contained about {{cvt|10000|m3}} of ash, and that the ash cloud was {{cvt|25|km}} long and {{cvt|15|km}} wide 39 minutes after the eruption. Ash and the smell of [[sulphur]] was reported in [[Napier, New Zealand|Napier]] and [[Hastings, New Zealand|Hastings]].<ref name="NZH-1km">{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10825125 |title=Tongariro eruption: 1km ash radius |publisher=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=7 August 2012 |access-date=7 August 2012 |archive-date=8 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190908200728/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10825125 |url-status=live }}</ref> The smell of sulphur was also reported in [[Wellington]], [[Nelson, New Zealand|Nelson]] and [[Blenheim, New Zealand|Blenheim]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/7438976/Tongariro-eruption-Sulphur-smell-in-Blenheim |title=Tongariro eruption: Sulphur smell in Blenheim |publisher=Stuff.co.nz |date=8 August 2012 |access-date=9 August 2012 |archive-date=3 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503173123/http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/7438976/Tongariro-eruption-Sulphur-smell-in-Blenheim |url-status=live }}</ref>

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