One Tree Hill

The park is renowned for its landscape design and wide variety of mature trees. It is centred on a volcanic cone, One Tree Hill, with many interesting geological features. A pre-European Maori fortification (pa) was built on the cone, many features of which can still be seen. The Maori name for the hill is Maungakiekie - mountain of the kiekie. Kiekie grows as an epiphytic climber or vine