Volcanoes of Auckland: A Field Guide by Bruce W. Hayward;

Author:Bruce W. Hayward; [Hayward;, Bruce W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781776710492
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2019-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

This bronze statue of Sir John Logan Campbell and fountain at the Manukau Rd entrance to Cornwall Park was erected in 1906 to mark the former mayor of Auckland’s generosity in gifting the park to the people of New Zealand.

One Tree Hill profile from Mt Hobson in the north in the mid-1870s. John Kinder, Auckland Public Art Gallery

Summit tree

A tōtara tree known as ‘Te Tōtara-i-ahua’ was planted on the summit of Maungakiekie in the early 17th century, but by the time European colonists arrived it was no longer there and had been replaced by a large pōhutukawa. It was from this pōhutukawa that the volcano got its European name One Tree Hill, but it was felled by an unknown colonist in 1852. The felled tree was replaced in the 1870s by Sir John Logan Campbell with a group of Monterey pines, of which only one survived through to 2000, when it was cut down after being attacked by a chainsaw-wielding Māori activist. A grove of nine young tōtara and pōhutukawa was planted on the summit in June 2016 with the intention of eventually thinning them down to the single strongest tree.

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