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Ōtāhuhu / Mount Richmond

Coordinates: 36°55′57″S 174°50′22″E / 36.932562°S 174.839451°E / -36.932562; 174.839451
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Ōtāhuhu / Mount Richmond
The northern crater of Ōtāhuhu / Mount Richmond.
Highest point
Elevation48 m (157 ft)
Coordinates36°55′57″S 174°50′22″E / 36.932562°S 174.839451°E / -36.932562; 174.839451
Geography
Map
LocationNorth Island, New Zealand
Geology
Volcanic arc/beltAuckland volcanic field

Ōtāhuhu / Mount Richmond[1] is volcanic peak and Tūpuna Maunga (ancestral mountain) in the Auckland volcanic field. A group of scoria mounds up to 48 m high, it has two 50 m wide craters. It was the site of a , and retains some Māori earthworks from that time such as kumara pits and terracing.[1][2]

In the 2014 Treaty of Waitangi settlement between the Crown and the Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau collective of 13 Auckland iwi and hapū (also known as the Tāmaki Collective), ownership of the 14 Tūpuna Maunga of Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland, was vested to the collective, including the volcano officially named Ōtāhuhu / Mount Richmond. The legislation specified that the land be held in trust "for the common benefit of Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau and the other people of Auckland". The Tūpuna Maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau Authority or Tūpuna Maunga Authority (TMA) is the co-governance organisation established to administer the 14 Tūpuna Maunga. Auckland Council manages the Tūpuna Maunga under the direction of the TMA.[3][4][1][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "NZGB decisions - September 2014". Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Ōtāhuhu". www.maunga.nz. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  3. ^ Dearnaley, Mathew (27 September 2014). "Volcanic cones regain Maori names". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau Collective Redress Act 2014". New Zealand Legislation. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  5. ^ Council, Auckland. "Tūpuna Maunga significance and history". Auckland Council. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

Further reading

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  • City of Volcanoes: A geology of Auckland - Searle, Ernest J.; revised by Mayhill, R.D.; Longman Paul, 1981. First published 1964. ISBN 0-582-71784-1.
  • Volcanoes of Auckland: The Essential guide - Hayward, B.W., Murdoch, G., Maitland, G.; Auckland University Press, 2011. ISBN 9781869404796.
  • Volcanoes of Auckland: A Field Guide. Hayward, B.W.; Auckland University Press, 2019, 335 pp. ISBN 0-582-71784-1.
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