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**__Maori History__**  Maungakiekie (One tree hill) is one of most terraced out of all the Auckland volcanoes. To create a terrace Maori would dig a trench out of the hill then put the dirt behind the trench so that it was harder for their enemy tribes to climb the hill. These trenches on the hill cover approximately 450,000 metres. Maungakiekie was the largest pa (armed fort) in New Zealand. At first it was occupied by the Wai o Hua tribe, who inhabited it around the 1700’s. Their tribe’s history refers  to Maungakiekie being the head pa for their top chief, Kiwi Tamaki. 

**__Rongo Stone__**  Rongo stone is a remainder of a Maori shrine. Sir John Logan Campbell saved it from the roadside and moved it into Cornwall park. It is in the barbeque area of Cornwall Park. Maori religious theories rarely came into real (physical) form, but the Rongo stone is an exception. Objects and carved stones are seen as the displaying of the god and are used to help the growth of plants and crops. .

 **__After the Maoris__**  Sir John Logan Campbell bought the Mount Prospect area with business partner Brown in 1853. In 1873 their partnership was broken and they renamed the area One Tree Hill. Then in 1901 Sir John Logan Campbell gave Cornwall Park to Auckland.

**__The Future of Cornwall Park__**  The park board intends to keep Cornwall Park open for the future visitors to the park by protecting historical features, keeping planting trees and taking good care of the visitor facilities. The board wants to keep Cornwall in the nice condition it was when Sir John Logan Campbell gifted the park.

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