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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 after the trench so that it was harder for their enemy tribes to climb the hill. These works on the hill cover approximately 450,000 metres (45 hectares). Maungakiekie was the largest pa in New Zealand. It was traditionally occupied by the Wai o Hua tribe, who occupied it around the 1700’s. Their tribe’s history refers to Maungakiekie being the head pa for their superior chief, Kiwi Tamaki.

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 concepts rarely came into real (physical) form, but the Rongo stone is one of those rare occasions. Objects and carved stones are seen as the revealing of the god and used to aid the growth of plants and crops  Sir John Logan Campbell bought the Mount Prospect estate with business partner Brown in 1853. In 1873 their partnership was broken and they renamed it One Tree Hill. Then in 1901 Sir John Logan Campbell gave Cornwall Park to Auckland 
 * __Rongo Stone __**
 * __After the Maoris __**

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.
 * __The Future of Cornwall Park __**