Mutukaroa/Hamlins Hill Regional Park (Auckland, NZ)
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Hamlins Hill Mutukaroa
Future Park - Still under development
Hamlins Hill Mutukaroa is 48 hectares in area. The park is still under development.
An extensive native planting programme is underway to enhance this green sanctuary which also has cultural and archeological significance.
History
The Maori name for the hill means "the end of many battles" and many battles were indeed fought for control of this strategic access way between the two large harbours of the Waitemata and the Manukau. Both harbours were tremendous sources of seafood and easy access past Mutukaroa to this food source was highly desirable.
On the northern part of the Hill are remnants of early European farming activities, including stone wall fences and hawthorn hedges. These were constructed by the farmers who would have had to carry these rocks from nearby volcanic quarries. There are several significant areas of both cultural and archaeological importance.
In more recent times a number of freezing works in the surrounding district used the hill's fertile grazing as holding paddocks.
Future Park - Still under development
Hamlins Hill Mutukaroa is 48 hectares in area. The park is still under development.
An extensive native planting programme is underway to enhance this green sanctuary which also has cultural and archeological significance.
History
The Maori name for the hill means "the end of many battles" and many battles were indeed fought for control of this strategic access way between the two large harbours of the Waitemata and the Manukau. Both harbours were tremendous sources of seafood and easy access past Mutukaroa to this food source was highly desirable.
On the northern part of the Hill are remnants of early European farming activities, including stone wall fences and hawthorn hedges. These were constructed by the farmers who would have had to carry these rocks from nearby volcanic quarries. There are several significant areas of both cultural and archaeological importance.
In more recent times a number of freezing works in the surrounding district used the hill's fertile grazing as holding paddocks.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 36°55'13"S 174°49'56"E
- Waiatarua Reserve / Remuera Golf Course 5.1 km
- Lloyd Elsmore Park 6.2 km
- Cornwall Park 6.2 km
- Ambury Regional Park 7.2 km
- Barry Curtis Park 7.7 km
- MacLeans Park 8.7 km
- Puhinui Reserve 10 km
- Totara Park 10 km
- Auckland Botanical Gardens 11 km
- Clevedon Scenic Reserve 18 km
- Southdown [suburb] 1.2 km
- Westfield [suburb] 1.3 km
- Sylvia Park [suburb] 1.4 km
- Mt Richmond [suburb] 1.8 km
- Mount Wellington [suburb] 2.1 km
- Penrose [suburb] 2.2 km
- Mangere Inlet 3.2 km
- Pakuranga [suburb] 3.6 km
- Favona [suburb] 4.3 km
- Manukau Harbour 18 km
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