Taupo began erupting about 300,000 years ago , but the main eruptions that still affect the surrounding landscape are the Oruanui eruption , about 26,500 years ago , which is responsible for the shape of the modern caldera , and the Hatepe eruption , dated 232 ± 5 CE . However , there have been many more eruptions , with major ones every thousand years or so ( see timeline of last 10,000 years of eruptions )
Hatepe eruption
Hatepe eruption
Taupo Volcano