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  1. Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill is a 182-metre (597 ft) volcanic peak and Tūpuna Maunga (ancestral mountain) in Auckland, New Zealand. It is an important place culturally and archeologically for both Māori and Pākehā. The suburb around the base of the hill is also called One Tree Hill.

  2. Maungakiekie has a history of notable trees on its tihi (summit). One historic name for the tihi is Te Tōtara I Ahua after the sacred lone tōtara that grew there until it was felled by Pakeha vandals in 1852. The name One Tree Hill also stems from this lone tōtara tree.

  3. One Tree Hill is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. The residential part of the suburb is located to the east and south-east of Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill, from which it takes its name, with the volcanic peak located within the suburb's boundaries. The suburb was established in the 1930s.

  4. As well as being one of the city’s largest volcanoes, Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill was one of the most extensively developed Māori pā (village settlements) in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland, and today it is one of the largest pre-European archaeological sites in New Zealand.

  5. The second highest volcanic peak in Auckland, next to Mount Eden, One Tree Hill offers views of the city and has a huge obelisk at the top.

  6. One Tree Hill. Auckland, New Zealand, Australia & Pacific. Top choice in Auckland. Maungakiekie was the largest and most spiritually significant Māori pā (fortified village) prior to British arrival. At the top of this volcanic cone (at 182m high) there is an obelisk and epic 360-degree views of Auckland and its harbours.

  7. 5 days ago · Maungakiekie One Tree Hill is the largest pre-European archaeological site complex and one of the largest pre-iron-age forts globally. With four tihi (summits), Maungakiekie was once a highly defended complex with terraces, storage pits, garden mounds, and earth oven pits.