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Mount Victoria (Auckland)

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377: 365: 395: 49: 341:/ Auckland, was vested to the collective, including the volcano officially named Takarunga / Mount Victoria. The legislation specified that the land be held in trust "for the common benefit of Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau and the other people of Auckland". The Tūpuna Maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau Authority or Tūpuna Maunga Authority (TMA) is the co-governance organisation established to administer the 14 Tūpuna Maunga. Auckland Council manages the Tūpuna Maunga under the direction of the TMA. 290: 353: 1025: 864: 494: 714: 229:
which provides writers-in-residence programmes, hosting for visiting writers, residential workshops for experienced writers, and a series of workshops for young poets and emerging writers. The writer-in-residence programmes are supported by
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for shipping, artillery emplacements, farmland, and various concrete army bunkers, some from as early as the 1870s. One bunker now serves as the venue for the Devonport Folk Music Club.
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The slopes of Takarunga / Mount Victoria are also home to Devonport Primary School, Takarunga Playcentre, a tennis court, a cemetery, a
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once occupied its slopes; some of its earthworks can still be seen. In the 18th century, Takarunga was seasonally occupied by
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which maintains supply to the area, and a scenic lookout. The old Signalman's House is now home to the
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Taua: 'musket wars', 'land wars' or tikanga?: warfare in Maori society in the early nineteenth century
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peoples. In the late 19th century, a gun fort was built on top of the hill, in order to defend the
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In 1841 a signal station was constructed on the peak, to better facilitate traffic to the
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Sources for the archaeology of the Maaori settlement of the Taamaki volcanic district
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A Field Guide to Auckland: Exploring the Region's Natural and Historical Heritage
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A Field Guide to Auckland: Exploring the Region's Natural and Historic Heritage
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Lava and Strata: A guide to the volcanoes and rock formations of Auckland.
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The north side of Takarunga / Mount Victoria, seen from Lake Road
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Tūpuna Maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau Authority (23 June 2016).
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Takarunga / Mount Victoria as seen from the south on the
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Mount Victoria, Auckland

Waitematā Harbour
Elevation
Coordinates
36°49′36″S 174°47′56″E / 36.8266°S 174.7990°E / -36.8266; 174.7990
North Island
arc
belt
Auckland volcanic field
Mount Victoria (Wellington hill)
Auckland
North Shore
Devonport

Tāmaki Māori
city of Auckland
tūpuna maunga
Tūpuna Maunga Authority
Waitematā Harbour
Hauraki Gulf
signal station
water reservoir
Michael King Writers Centre
Creative New Zealand
University of Auckland

Waiohua
Kiwi Tāmaki
Mount Cambria

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