March 30, 2023
There are fourteen ancestral mountains of Auckland (Tupuna Maunga o Tamaki Makaurau). They are the volcanic cones that hold the greatest historical, spiritual, ancestral and cultural significance to the local Maori iwi (tribes). So far, we have climbed twelve of them, including Mt. Richmond, today’s summit. It is apparently named for a local mayor from the 1840s. Its Maori name is Otahuhu which references the leader of one of the canoes of the great Maori fleet that came to New Zealand in the 1300s.
Perhaps, because it sits in the middle of an industrial area, it was not as well kept as the other Maunga that we have climbed. Nor were the views quite as breathtaking.
Mal and Lauren 
It’s still beautiful even if it’s not the most
Beautiful- can’t believe you’ve climbed so many. How interesting that the place is named after Māori canoe from the 1300. Who knew it was such an ancient culture⛳️These posts are so interesting ! wish we were there to experience them.
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Also wish you were here. Every time we pass an obscure museum we think of you.
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