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On this
picture you can see the One Tree Hill where Sir John Logan
Campbell is buried. The One Tree Hill is a volcanic peak of one
hundred and eighty two meters. It is on the North Island in
Auckland, New Zealand. One Tree Hill is also the suburb situated
around the hill. When visitors are at the top of the hill they
are able to see a magnificent view of the ports of Auckland. The
Maori call the hill Maungakiekie which means “hill of the vine”
and it is an important place for them. Since the 1700s, the hill
and its surroundings was home of the Wai o Hua tribe. Sir John
Logan Campbell owned Cornwall Park and the One Tree Hill Domain.
The Cornwall was name after the duke and Duchess of Cornwall;
formally he wanted to call it Corinth Park. On the picture you
can observe the obelisk which stands on the hill, there has a
Radiata pine standing next to the obelisk until 2000. During the
visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall Sir John Logan
Campbell donated the park to the people of New Zealand. |
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