Hogg, Alan G.Wilson, Colin J.N.Lowe, David J.Turney, Chris S.M.White, PaulLorrey, Andrew M.Manning, Sturt W.Palmer, Jonathan G.Bury, SarahBrown, JulieSouthon, JohnPetchey, Fiona2019-01-0720182019-01-072018Hogg, A. G., Wilson, C. J. N., Lowe, D. J., Turney, C. S. M., White, P., Lorrey, A. M., … Petchey, F. (in press). The Taupo eruption occurred in 232 ± 10 CE, and not later. Nature Communications.2041-1723https://hdl.handle.net/10289/12253The Taupo eruption1 deposit is an isochronous marker bed that spans much of New Zealand’s North Island and pre-dates human arrival² . Holdaway et al. (2018; HDK18 hereafter)³ propose that the current Taupo eruption date is inaccurate and that the eruption occurred “…decades to two centuries…” after the published wiggle-match estimate of 232 ± 10 CE (2 s.d.)⁴ derived from a tanekaha (Phyllocladus trichomanoides) tree at the Pureora buried forest Site⁵,⁶. HDK18 propose that trees growing at Pureora (and other near-source areas) that were killed and buried by the climactic ignimbrite event were affected by ¹⁴C-depleted (magmatic) CO₂. HDK18’s proposal utilises a wide range of published ¹⁴C data, but their work results in assertions that are implausible. Four parts to their hypothesis are considered hereapplication/pdfenJournal Article