Tupuna Maunga Authority has already felled 100 trees at Mt Richmond / Otahuhu, and intends to come back for the remaining 444 exotics. This will destroy 75% of the maunga’s entire tree cover.
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Mt Smart was a fortified Maori pā site but, like most of Auckland’s volcanic cones, was no longer occupied by the mid eighteenth century. In 1849 Ngāti Whātua sold 14 hectares including Mt Smart to the Crown.
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Wiri Mountain has been extensively quarried for scoria for railway building and in more recent times for roading metal. A lake formed in the quarry pit at the centre of the area previously occupied by the mountain, but this has been drained and filled. There is no longer evidence of a hill at Wiri Mountain.
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Mangere Mountain is part of a complex local volcanic field that includes Puketutu Island, Mangere Lagoon and volcanic cones in the area of Ihumatou, which have since been removed through quarrying activities.
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Mangere Mountain is part of a complex local volcanic field that includes Puketutu Island, Mangere Lagoon and volcanic cones in the area of Ihumatou, which have since been removed through quarrying activities.
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