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NZ Walking Routes > Auckland > Central Auckland > Mutukaroa-Hamlins Hill - Penrose
Mutukaroa-Hamlins Hill - Penrose
- Location
- Entry to Mutukaroa-Hamlins Hill is off Great South Road, between the Onehunga and Mt Wellington off ramps, from SH1. The park is accessible from Great South Road near the junction with Sylvia Park Road in Mt Wellington.
- Description
- Mutukaroa-Hamlins Hill Regional Park offers a pastoral landscape in the middle of the city. It is surrounded by industry but is visible from the Southern Motorway. Mutukaroa-Hamlins Hill is 48 hectares in area. The park is still under development. An extensive native planting programme is underway to enhance this green sanctuary which also has cultural and archeological significance. The Maori name for the hill means "the end of many battles" and many battles were indeed fought for control of this strategic access way between the two large harbours of the Waitemata and the Manukau. Both harbours were tremendous sources of seafood and easy access past Mutukaroa to this food source was highly desirable. On the northern part of the Hill are remnants of early European farming activities, including stone wall fences and hawthorn hedges. In more recent times a number of freezing works in the surrounding district used the hill’s fertile grazing as holding paddocks.
- Amenities
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- Carpark
- Historical
- Mountain Biking / Biking
- Picnics
- Plant Life
- Source
- www.arc.govt.nz
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