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Revision as of 15:40, 22 August 2020

SITE TO VISIT
Mount Albert
Ōwairaka or Te Ahi-kā-a-Rakataura)
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Ethnicity: Maori
Site type: Pa
Where: Auckland Isthmus - 20 minutes from the city centre
How to get there: Bus (Check Rideline) or taxi.
How Long to allow: 1 hr walking over the site.
Disclaimer

Location:

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What:

Prehistoric Maori fortification and place of residence built on a volcanic cone. There is little on site interpretation. It is one of the least best preserved cone pa in the Auckland field.

Damage in the past has been caused by a water reservoir, a railway ballast quarry and the reforming into two sports fields.

A summit road has caused some damage.

Some of the former Maori occupation evidence in the form of pits and terraces can be seen by the summit at the south eastern corner of the reserve.

Much of the tree planting on the cone was exotic. Removal of these to replace with indigenous vegetation caused controversy in 2019.

See also the Archaeopedia page on Auckland Volcanic Cones


The maunga from the north east
The maunga from the north east

What else to do there:

Great views over the Isthmus, particularly to Maungawhau / Mount Eden.

Nearby is the Heritage New Zealand site of Alberton. https://www.heritage.org.nz/places/places-to-visit/auckland-region/alberton


Web Info:

Tūpuna Maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau


References