Cornwall Park-Epsom-Auckland, NZ

Cornwall Park-Epsom-Auckland, NZ Cornwall Park in Auckland Cornwall Park is named after the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later King George V and Queen Mary of England).

During the Royal visit to Australia and New Zealand in 1901 Sir John Logan Campbell was asked to be honorary Mayor of Auckland. It was during this visit that he took the opportunity to gift the Park to the people of New Zealand and asked that it be called Cornwall Park.The hill was originally called One Tree Hill after a solitary tree which grew on the summit when Europeans first settled Auckland

. One of the Maori names for the hill is Maungakiekie - mountain of the kiekie. Kiekie (Freycinetia banksii) commonly grows as an epiphyte or vine on forest trees, this suggests that the vegetation observed by Maori when they named the mountain was different to that of today.Cornwall Park is a landscaped park designed for the recreation and enjoyment of the people of New Zealand. The park is renowned for its landscape design and wide variety of mature trees. It is centered on a volcanic cone, One Tree Hill, with many interesting geological features. A pre-European Maori fortification (pa) was built on the cone, many features of which can still be seen.The park's donor, Sir John Logan Campbell, is buried on the summit of One Tree Hill alongside the obelisk. The Maori name for the hill is Maungakiekie - mountain of the kiekie. Kiekie (Freycinettia banksii) grows as an epiphytic climber or vine. Immediately adjacent to the Park is One Tree Hill Domain, administered by Auckland Council.

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The park is renowned for its landscape design and wide variety of mature trees. It is centred on a volcanic cone, One Tree Hill, with many interesting geological features. A pre-European Maori fortification (pa) was built on the cone, many features of which can still be seen.

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Puriri Drive, Epsom
Auckland
1051

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