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