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Cornwall Park is a landscaped park designed for the recreation and enjoyment of all the people of New Zealand.

The Maori name for one tree hill is Maungakiekie. The park did erupt around 20,000 years ago and it covered most of the Onehunga and Manukau area.

The park is renowned for its landscape design and its wide variety of mature trees. It is centred on a volcanic cone, One Tree Hill Auckland with many interesting geological features. A pre-European Maori fortification (pa) was built on the cone, many features of which can still be seen.

The park's donor, Sir John Logan Campbell is buried on the summit of One Tree Hill alongside the obelisk. The Maori name for the hill is Maungakiekie - mountain of the kiekie. Kiekie grows as an epiphytic climber or vine.

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