Maungarei / Mt Wellington is Auckland's second-youngest volcano, having erupted around 10,000 years ago. It is also one of the tallest, at 100 meters from its base to the tihi (summit).

Pā sites occur mainly in the North Island of New Zealand, north of Lake Taupō. Over 5,000 sites have been located, photographed and examined, although few have been subject to detailed analysis. No pā have been yet located from the early colonization period when early Polynesian-Māori colonizers lived in the lower South Island.

Aug 5, 2013 · Maungarei Pa is located on the slopes of a prominent volcanic cone in the Auckland suburb of Mt Wellington. Maungarei means "watchful mountain" a key aspect of Maori pa sites.

Maungarei / Mount Wellington is a 135-metre volcanic peak and Tūpuna Maunga (ancestral mountain) located in the Auckland volcanic field of Auckland, New Zealand.

Maungarei means 'the watchful mountain' and the mountain is an impressive archaeological site with its flanks formerly covered by terraced house sites and food-storage pits. The crest of the craters have extensive Māori earthworks.

Contents: Introduction -- Legends of the Maori -- The coming of the fleet -- Inter-tribal wars -- Tamaki-Makau-Rau -- Battle, murder and sudden death -- The Gentle Shunghee' -- Mokoia Pa, 1820 -- The attack on the Pa (November, 1821) -- Pakeha visitors -- Growing pains of government -- The Treaty of Waitangi -- The Treaty comes to Tamaki -- The ...

Mount Wellington is volcanic peak situated 12 kilometers, or a short 15-minute drive, from downtown Auckland. Standing at 135 meters, Mt. Wellington is the youngest of Auckland's volcanic peaks having last erupted just over 10,000 years ago.

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