Location of One Tree Hill in the Auckland area.

One Tree Hill is a 182 metre volcanic peak located in Auckland, New Zealand. The suburb which is built around the base of the hill is also called One Tree Hill. The hill's scoria cones erupted 20,000 - 30,000 years ago, creating lava flows that covered an area of 20 square kilometres. The summit provides views across the Auckland area, and allows visitors to see both of Auckland's Harbours. It is an important memorial place for both Māori and other New Zealanders. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 504 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (589 × 701 pixel, file size: 104 KB, MIME type: image/png)Location map of One Tree Hill, New Zealand I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 504 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (589 × 701 pixel, file size: 104 KB, MIME type: image/png)Location map of One Tree Hill, New Zealand I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... This article is about volcanoes in geology. ... Schematic map of Auckland. ... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Scoria Scoria is the vesicular ejecta of mafic to intermediate magmas such as basalt and andesite. ... PuÊ»u ʻŌʻō, a cinder-and-spatter cone on KÄ«lauea, HawaiÊ»i Volcanic cones are among the simplest volcano formations in the world. ... Look up lava, Aa, pahoehoe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Schematic map of Auckland. ... Languages Māori, English Religions Māori religion, Christianity Related ethnic groups other Polynesian peoples, Austronesian peoples The word Māori refers to the indigenous people of New Zealand and their language. ...

Māori history

The hill is also known under its Māori name Maungakiekie, which translates to 'hill of the kikie vine'. The mountain and its surrounds were home to the Wai o Hua tribe, since the early 1700s and probably before that time. Other Māori tribes in the Auckland area can also trace their ancestry to the mountain. It is surrounded by the suburbs of Royal Oak to the west, and clockwise, Epsom, Greenlane, Oranga, and Onehunga. Māori or Te Reo Māori, commonly shortened to Te Reo (literally the language) is an official language of New Zealand. ... Binomial name Freycinetia banksii A.Cunn. ... Events January 1 - Russia accepts Julian calendar. ... Languages Māori, English Religions Māori religion, Christianity Related ethnic groups other Polynesian peoples, Austronesian peoples The word Māori refers to the indigenous people of New Zealand and their language. ... Epsom is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. ... Oranga Community Centre. ... Onehunga is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. ...

Maungakiekie was the largest and most important Māori Pā in pre-European times with a population estimated at up to 3000. At this time, the Nga Marama chief; Kiwi Tamaki held the Pa and used its strategic location to exact tribute from travellers passing from Northland to the rest of the North Island along the richly soiled isthmus. Its placing between the Waitemata Harbour to the East (opening upon the Pacific Ocean) and the Manukau Harbour to the West (opening onto the Tasman Sea) afforded a wide variety of seafood from the two diverse harbours. The volcanic soil of the slopes of the mountain proved highly fertile and easy to defend from raiding parties from other tribes by its steep sides and imposing pallisades. The inhabitants terraced the hill extensively, and it has been called the largest known earth fort in the world. A pā or pa (pronounced pah) was a type of Māori village or community fortified and built for defence. ... The Northland Region, one of the 16 regions of New Zealand, is, as the name suggests, the northernmost of New Zealands administrative regions. ... North Island The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. ... The Isthmus of Panama connects North and South America. ... Auckland Harbour Bridge crossing the harbour. ... Location of Manukau Harbour. ... fuck you Map of the Tasman Sea Satellite photo of the Tasman Sea The Tasman Sea is the large body of water between Australia and New Zealand, some 2000 kilometres (1250 miles) across. ... Palisades is also a general term for steep cliffs next to a river. ...

Later history

Cornwall Park and One Tree Hill Domain are the legacy of Sir John Logan Campbell. Originally the land was a farm owned by him on the outskirts of Auckland. Upon his return from Italy in the 1880s he intended to build a great family residence on the slopes of the hill (where the current tearooms are) and planted many trees including olives on the slopes. Eventually he constructed a house closer to town (the land is now part of the Parnell Rose gardens). By about 1900 he realised that Auckland's suburbs were spreading at an alarming rate and he decided to leave the Greenlane property to the city as a park. Parts of the park, about 120 hectares, are still run as a farm today, providing Aucklanders with access to an example of rural life in the heart of the city. ^[1] The park was designed by the landscape architect Austin Strong and is based on Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.^{[citation needed]} Sir John Logan Campbell (1817 - 1912) was a prominent New Zealand public figure. ... Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco, California, is a large urban park. ...

Campbell initially intended the name to be Corinth Park after the noted region of Greece. It received the name Cornwall Park because of the Royal visit to Australia and New Zealand in 1901 by the Duke & Duchess of Cornwall (later King George V & Queen Mary). John Logan Campbell was asked to be honorary Mayor of Auckland during the visits, and he took the opportunity to gift the park to the people of New Zealand and asked that it be called Cornwall Park. In return he was knighted. George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 - 20 January 1936) was the first British monarch belonging to the House of Windsor, as a result of his creating it from the British branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. ... Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953) was the Queen Consort of George V. Queen Mary was also the Empress of India and Queen of Ireland. ...

Detail of the obelisk.

On the summit of the hill is the grave of Sir John Logan Campbell surmounted by an obelisk. The obelisk was constructed in accordance with the wishes and provisions in John Campbell's will to commemorate his admiration for the Māori people. Before it stands a bronze statue of a Māori warrior. The stone Obelisk was completed by 1940 – the centennial year of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi but the unveiling of the Obelisk was delayed until 24 April 1948, after World War II was over, in keeping with Māori custom of not holding such ceremonies during a time of bloodshed. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 406 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (942 × 1392 pixel, file size: 150 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Detail of the monument on One Tree Hill in Auckland, New Zealand. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 406 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (942 × 1392 pixel, file size: 150 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Detail of the monument on One Tree Hill in Auckland, New Zealand. ... Sir John Logan Campbell (1817 - 1912) was a prominent New Zealand public figure. ... Languages Māori, English Religions Māori religion, Christianity Related ethnic groups other Polynesian peoples, Austronesian peoples The word Māori refers to the indigenous people of New Zealand and their language. ...

Trees on the hill

Until 2000, a radiata pine tree stood next to the obelisk. This tree (one of two pines) had been planted to replace a sacred Māori Totara tree, the tree which had given Maungakiekie its English name. This totara had been cut down by a white settler in 1852 for firewood. 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Binomial name Pinus radiata D.Don Pinus radiata (family Pinaceae) is known in English as Monterey Pine in some parts of the world (mainly in the USA, Canada and the British Isles), and Radiata Pine in others (primarily Australia, New Zealand and Chile). ... Binomial name Podocarpus totara G. Benn. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

However, in the early 1960s during a jamboree, a group of overseas Boy Scouts cut down one of the two newer pines. The remaining tree was later attacked twice with chainsaws by Māori protesters (partly because it was not a native New Zealand species and thus considered an insult). The first attack happened on 28 October 1994, the anniversary of the 1835 Declaration of Independence.^[2] A second attack on the 5th of October 2000^[3] left the tree unable to recover and so it was removed due to the risk of it dying and falling down. The chainsaw used in the first attack was placed on sale on popular New Zealand auction site, TradeMe in 2007^[4] but later withdrawn by the website after complaints and a poll of users. It was later listed on eBay.^[5] In Scouting, a jamboree is a large gathering of Scouts who rally at a national or international level. ... Languages Māori, English Religions Māori religion, Christianity Related ethnic groups other Polynesian peoples, Austronesian peoples The word Māori refers to the indigenous people of New Zealand and their language. ... A screenshot of the TradeMe homepage The company Trade Me Ltd. ... eBay headquarters in San Jose eBay North First Street satellite office campus (home to PayPal) eBay Inc. ...

Partly due to uncertainty as to what species of tree should be replanted (a new pine or a tree native to New Zealand), the hill stands empty at the moment, except for the obelisk. A new nickname, "None Tree Hill", soon became popular.

One Tree Hill after the removal of the "One Tree". This vista does not show the dense suburban surroundings.

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In popular culture

• Irish rock band U2 wrote a song about the hill, "One Tree Hill", which appeared on their album The Joshua Tree. It was written to honour New Zealander Greg Carroll, an employee of the band who died in a motorcycle accident in Dublin on July 3, 1986.

• Asteroid 23988 Maungakiekie was named after the hill by Ian P. Griffin, a British astronomer. The Asteroid was discovered at the Auckland Observatory which is located in the One Tree Hill Domain, about half a kilometre to the southwest of the actual Mount Maungakiekie.

• Mozilla Firefox 0.9 was named One Tree Hill by Auckland resident and (at that time) Firefox lead engineer Ben Goodger.

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References

1. ^ Cornwall Park (official website of the park)
2. ^ The Evolution of Contemporary Maori Protest (from a Tino Rangatiratanga website)
3. ^ Attempt to attack One Tree Hill - Television New Zealand, Thursday 05 October 2000
4. ^ One Tree Hill chainsaw goes on sale at $5000 plus - New Zealand Herald, Friday 19 January 2007
5. ^ Chips flying as chainsaw seller tries to rev up interest on US auction site - New Zealand Herald, Monday 22 January 2007

• McLauchlan, Gordon (Ed) (1989). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of New Zealand. David Bateman Ltd. ISBN 1-86953-007-1. 

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External links

• Auckland Regional Council: One Tree Hill
• One Tree Hill loses its tree - bbc.co.uk news report from 26 October 2000
• Cornwall Park (official website of the park surrounding One Tree Hill)