Mt Roskill Puketapapa - Visit

SITE TO VISIT
Mt Roskill
Puketapapa
Ethnicity:	Maori
Site type:	Pa
Where:	Central Isthmus - 20 minutes from the city centre
How to get there:	Bus (Check Rideline) or taxi.
How Long to allow:	1 hr walking over the site.
Disclaimer

Location:

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What: Prehistoric Maori fortification and town built on a volcanic cone. There is a little on site interpretation. Be sure to get away from the summit where modern road and a water reservoir have destroyed the Maori evidence. Look out for kumara storage pits.

Storage pits on terraces

What else to do there:

Great views over the inner city and harbour and beyond to the Hauraki Gulf.

Web Info: http://www.arc.govt.nz/environment/volcanoes-of-auckland/mt-eden.cfm

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