New Zealand - One Tree Hill
- Looking from Mount St John towards One Tree Hill showing houses in Wapiti Avenue
- Nov 1926
- Winkelmann, Henry Photo
Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill
- A 182-metre (597 ft) volcanic peak in Auckland
- An important memorial place for both Maori and other New Zealanders. The suburb around the base of the hill is also called One Tree Hill.
- It is surrounded by the suburbs of Royal Oak to the west, and clockwise, Epsom, Greenlane, Oranga, and Onehunga.
- The summit provides views across the Auckland area and allows visitors to see both of Auckland's harbours.
- The Maori name Maungakiekie means "mountain of the kiekie vine".
- Maori also knew it as "t??tara that stands alone".
- The mountain and its surrounds were home to the Te Wai ?? Hua tribe from the early 1700s and probably before that time.
- Other Maori tribes in the Auckland area can also trace their ancestry to the mountain.
(source - Wikipedia)
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Image source: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1-W801
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