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**__One Tree Hill__** The last tree on one tree hill was a pine tree, the most common tree grown for timber in New Zealand. One of the Maori names for the hill is Te Totatra i ahua whish means “The Totara tree that stands alone”. The name one tree hill was given to the hill by the early European settlers of New Zealand because of the single tree that was growing there at the time. The tree was cut down in 1852 (during the Maori war) by some workmen who got angry because they were waiting for their food to come and it wasn’t coming. All tries to re-establish a Totara on top of one tree hill have failed.

The obelisk is an Auckland icon, standing on the summit of the Maori pa at Maungakiekie, which is Maori for One Tree Hill. The obelisk is roughly 30 m (100 feet) tall and it is surrounded by a paved area, which has campbell’s grave in it. The memorial has a bronze Maori statue, made by the sculptor Richard Gross, of a man with a huia feather in his hair and mere in his right hand. Four bronze plaques are around it. They are known for being written in both English and Maori, and state Maori as being the first people of New Zealand.
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