This DEVORA field note summarises the journal article: Volcanoes in the big smoke: a review of hazard and risk in the Auckland Volcanic Field. By Linsday, J.M . (2010). In: Williams A.L., Pinches G.M., Chin C.Y. McMorran T.J. and Massey C.I. (eds). Geologically Active. Delegate Papers of the 11th Congress of the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG). 2010 Taylor & Francis Group, London.