A native tree, which will in time replace the existing three pinus insignis trees on the summit of One Tree Hill, Auckland, is to be planted by the Cornwall Park trustee? An offer to plant and tend a suitable tree has been accepted by the One Tree Hill Domain Board Maungakiekie obtained its European name from a totara tree planted on the summit about 200 years ago by Maoris to celebrate the birth of the son of a chieftain of the Ngatipoua tribe, members of which were guests of the Ngaiwi tribe, the inhabitants of Maungakiekie. during a journey from the north to Poverty Bay. The totara was later destroyed, and it was replaced by three pine trees planted by Sir John Logan Campbell.
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21355, 24 December 1934, Page 14
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