Maungarei Stonefields - Visit

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Maungarei Stonefields

Location:

SITE TO VISIT
Maungarei Stonefields
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Ethnicity: Maori
Site type: Garden
Where: Northwest of Mt Wellington / Maungarei. Reserve off Tidey Road
How to get there: 30 minutes from central Auckland
How Long to allow: 30 minutes at the site.
Disclaimer

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Stone heaps from garden clearing dominate the site

What:

Newly created reserve with a remnant of the formerly extensive stonefields gardens that once surrounded Mt Wellington volcanic cone. The adjacent suburb Stonefields is named on recognition of this.


Web Info:

http://www.stonefields.co.nz/StonefieldsTheName.aspx