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AucklandSights

Volcano sights in Auckland

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    Mt Eden (Maungawhau)

    The view from Mt Eden, Auckland’s highest cone (196m), is superb. The symmetrical crater (50m deep) is known as Te Ipu Kai a Mataaho (the Food Bowl of Mataaho, the god of things hidden in the ground) and is highly tapu (sacred); don’t enter it, but feel free to explore the remainder of the mountain. The remains of pa terraces and storage pits are clearly visible. On its eastern slopes, Eden Gardens is a horticultural showpiece noted for camellias, rhododendrons and azaleas.

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