One Tree Hill & Cornwall Park

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Lonely Planet review

Now dual parks, this huge area was once the largest volcanic-cone fortress in the southern hemisphere, said to have supported up to 5000 Maori; terracing and food-store pits are still visible. The city's European 'father', John Logan Campbell, is buried beneath the big, bald hill alongside the commemorative obelisk. His original house, Acacia Cottage, is in the adjacent Cornwall Park. The area's historical significance is explained in the Huia Lodge info centre.