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Work needed

I removed this part of the page because as most NZers should know, it is incorrect:

In the meantime six trees have been planted in 2002 to possibly give the new nickname "Six Tree Hill". It is expected that the five weakest trees will be removed allowing one to reach full maturity.

There are still no tree's and none will be planted pending resolvement of the treaty claim. There are 9 trees waiting to be re-planted. This info needs to be updated and added. Info on the illegal plantings can perhaps also be added. I don't have time to do it myself but here are some links which should prove useful [1] [2] [3] [4] (outdated since it suggests a planting could happen winter 2005). Also I noticed during my search a Herald article from 2000 claiming the sacred totora tree was a myth. Can't access it as it's premium content. Since this is the herald we're talking about, I wouldn't give it much stock but it might be worth having? Nil Einne 13:49, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Herald references Ernst_Dieffenbach's Travels in New Zealand (1843) "it is overgrown inside with brushwood and trees, and on the top stands an old pohutukawa-tree, which serves as a good landmark for ships entering Waitemata Harbour" , Ferdinand_von_Hochstetter (1859) "a single lofty tree (Metrosideros tomentosa - a subspecies of pohutukawa), now almost rotted down to the ground, on the highest peak, gives the hill its European name." and the Daily Southern Cross Newspaper 14/8/1875 "in the earliest days of Auckland a majestic pohutukawa crowned the very summit - the very crater-top - until the fell hand of some Goth on Onehunga's shore levelled the grand land-mark for firewood's sake!"
The pohutukawa is much more suited to such a harsh environment, so this (original tree was pohutukawa, not totara) makes sense. When the old pine was there you could see pohutukawa seedlings germinating around it.
Dougalc 04:49, 27 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]



Photo

We have a photo after the tree was removed, anyone got a photo of when the tree was still there? Brian | (Talk) 02:48, 9 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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