Pukewīwī / Puketāpapa

PĀ

Pukewīwī / Puketāpapa was an important pā in the area and was extensively terraced. 

Around the impressive crater rim were many pits for storage and cooking.  Most of the pits and much of the terracing was lost when the water reservoir was put into the excavated crater in 1961. 25,000 cubic metres of scoria was excavated to create the space for the reservoir.

Pukewīwī means ‘hill covered in rushes’. Puketāpapa means ‘flat-topped hill’.

GEOLOGY

This Maunga was formed through eruption around 20,000 years ago. The scoria cone was built by fire-fountaining from two craters. The two shallow craters are no longer visible.

The tihi (summit) stands 110 meters high.

VEHICLE-FREE SUMMIT

The upper section of the tihi (summit) was reinstated to grass in 2018, and it remains permanently closed to private motor vehicles, including motorbikes and scooters. 

The change recognises that Pukewīwī / Puketāpapa  is a culturally and archaeologically significant site, and the tihi is a place to be treated with respect and reverence. Honouring these values alongside creating an enhanced experience for pedestrians is at the heart of the Authority’s decision to make the tihi of Auckland’s Maunga vehicle-free spaces.

PARKING

Car parking is available inside the main entrance off Dominion Road, and a second car park is just below the tihi.

Automatic gate times

The gate will automatically open at Tūpuna Maunga Authority standard operating hours: Winter 7 am – 7 pm and Summer 7 am – 8.30 pm.

The gate will automatically open for any cars inside the Maunga and will not require a code when exiting.

Times align with daylight-savings. 

LOCATION

1129 Dominion Road, Mount Roskill, Auckland.