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The Trees on One Tree Hill  The first tree on the hill was a Totara tree it was cut down by a European settler in 1852. The Totara tree was sacred because it gave the park its Maori name. A Radiata Pine was planted in the 1870's to replace the Totara. John Logan Campbell repeatedly grew native trees on the hill's summit but the trees failed to survive. With only two pines, one of the two was attempted in another attack possibly for firewood. The remaining Tree was later attacked twice with a chainsaw by Moari protestors because it was not a native New Zealand Tree but it was considered an insult. The first attack happened on the 28th October 1994 and the second was on the 5th October 2000 which left the tree unable to recover so it was removed to risk of collapsing for safety of the public. The hill has no tree on it at the moment but plans are ongoing to plant another Pohutakowha or Totara tree.

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