Maungakiekie

BY:MALACHI

Pre-trip Activity

Interesting facts I learnt and my research about Maungakiekie.

Maungakiekie is one of 46 volcanoes that are spreaded throughout New zealand. One tree
hill was once a pa that belonged to the Maori a long time ago. Houses were built and was
home to thousands of people. The volcano is 185 meters high (597 ft).
One tree hill has three craters. The last time Maungakiekie erupted was in 17,990 BC
which was 20,000 years ago. The Maori name Maungakiekie means Mountain of the
kiekie vine. The Maori also knew it as the Totara that grows alone.
One tree hill is important, for both Maori and other New zealanders. At the very top of the
volcano is an Obelisk and is a memorial to Maori. Also at the top of the mountain lies Sir
logan campbell. Campbell was able to plant two pine trees,but only one survived. Soon
after, the pine tree was attacked by a Maori activist named mike smith. Since then no
other tree has been planted. There is a possibility that this year a new tree will be planted
at the top of Maungakiekie/One tree hill. We learnt about the maori and how they used

POST TRIP

Brief summary of what we did at the trip.

When we went to the trip we walked up Maungakiekie/One tree hill. While we
walked up the volcano we were able to ask a lot of questions. Once we got to the top
we were able to see a beautiful view of rangitoto and the whole of Auckland.
Students were able to get a sketch of Rangitoto and the Obelisk. After That we
walked back down and prepared to go into stardome, we learnt about planets,stars
and wildest weathers. We got to do a quiz that related to the solar system and we
had heaps of fun.

3 new things I learned about Maungakiekie

1

The Maori pa.

When we were walking up one

tree hill we learnt that a long
time ago Maori used to use
the mountain as a village for
the warriors,children and
elders.

One tree hill

eruption.
The lava flows spread
out in all directions
covering 20 square
kilometers which makes
it the second largest
volcanic field here in
New zealand,and in first
Rangitoto.

Obelisk/monument.

The monument on the top of

the volcano is a memorial and
is been at the top of One tree
hill for 50 years.It is a
historical importance for the
maori and other New
zealanders to.

3 new things I learned at Stardome

1

Planets.

There are eight planets in the solar

system.Mercury,earth,mars,venus
jupiter,saturn,uranus and neptune.

When the solar

system was made.

The solar system was built

about 4.6 billion years ago.

Earth

Earth was formed 4.6 billion

years ago and is currently the
only known planet you are
able to live on. Earths name
was made by an old english
word etha which means
ground or soil.

My favourite part of our trip

Was when we got to learn heaps about planets at stardome.I loved when we had
that quiz about the solar system.My favourite planet was jupiter it is by far the
biggest planet in the solar system and is worth 11 earths all lined up together.It
would take 317 Earths to make up the mass of jupiter.

Maungakiekie
ONE TREE HILL.