Mount Smart

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Rarotonga
Mount Smart
Mount Smart, Auckland (early 1900s).jpg
Rarotonga / Mount Smart photographed in the early 1900s, before the scoria cone was quarried away.
Highest point
Coordinates36°55′6″S 174°48′45″E / 36.91833°S 174.81250°E / -36.91833; 174.81250Coordinates: 36°55′6″S 174°48′45″E / 36.91833°S 174.81250°E / -36.91833; 174.81250
Geography
LocationNorth Island, New Zealand
Geology
Volcanic arc/beltAuckland volcanic field

Rarotonga / Mount Smart (also known as Te Ipu kura a Maki)[1] is one of the volcanoes in the Auckland volcanic field. Quarrying removed almost all the scoria cone, which was 87 m high (around 57 m higher than the surrounding land). Prior to the arrival of Europeans, it was extensively terraced and used as a defensive pā.[1][2] The former quarry is now the site of Mount Smart Stadium.

History[]

The name Rarotonga means "the lower south" and was brought from Hawaiki.[1] Rarotonga is where Rakataura, a tohunga of the Tainui waka, first settled in Aotearoa.[3] After a period of time, Rakataura decided to travel south with his wife Kahukeke, who died during the journey.[3] Te Ipu kura a Maki means "the red bowl of Maki".[1]

Mount Smart was named after Henry Dalton Smart, a lieutenant in the mounted police in the 1840s.[1]

In the 2014 Treaty of Waitangi settlement with the Tamaki Makaurau Collective of 13 Auckland iwi, the volcano was officially named Rarotonga / Mount Smart and ownership was vested to the collective.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e Hayward, Bruce W.; Murdoch, Graeme; Maitland, Gordon (2011). Volcanoes of Auckland: The Essential Guide. Auckland University Press. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-86940-479-6.
  2. ^ 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,
  3. ^ a b Walker, Ranginui (2004). "Nga Korero o Nehera". Ka Whawhai Tonu Matou - Struggle Without End (Second ed.). Auckland, New Zealand: Penguin Books. p. 46. ISBN 9780143019459.
  4. ^ Dearnaley, Mathew (27 September 2014). "Volcanic cones regain Maori names". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau Collective Redress Act 2014". New Zealand Legislation. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau Collective Redress Act 2014 registration guideline" (PDF). Land Information New Zealand. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  7. ^ "NZGB decisions - September 2014". Land Information New Zealand. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  8. ^ "Protection of tupuna maunga assured under ownership transfer". Auckland Council. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  9. ^ "New governance structure for treasured tūpuna maunga". Auckland Council. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  • Volcanoes of Auckland: A Field Guide. Hayward, B.W.; Auckland University Press, 2019, 335 pp. ISBN 0-582-71784-1.

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