Tūpuna Maunga Authority

19th March 2018

Elm trees infected with Dutch Elm Disease to be removed from Ōhinerau / Mt Hobson

Around eighteen elm trees on Ōhinerau / Mt Hobson have become infected with Dutch Elm Disease and are being removed as a biosecurity measure by Auckland Council under the direction of the Tūpuna Maunga Authority.

7th March 2018

Summit of Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill soon to be vehicle-free

Work to pedestrianise the tihi (summit) and the summit road of Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill is set to begin. From Monday 26 March work will start on reconfiguring the summit road entrance off Olive Grove and installing a new automated gate.

13th February 2018

Work begins on transforming the Puketāpapa / Mt Roskill summit

Work has begun on reinstating the upper section of the Puketāpapa / Mt Roskill tihi (summit) to grass and transforming it into a vehicle-free space.

13th February 2018

Takarunga / Mt Victoria summit vehicle-free from March

Work begins this week on returning the tihi (summit) of Takarunga / Mt Victoria to a vehicle-free space. The tihi and the summit road will be permanently closed to all private motor vehicles including motorbikes and scooters from 1 March 2018.

2nd February 2018

Love Your Maunga: stage set for celebration of Māngere Mountain

Four hours of live music, food and market stalls is set for the ‘Love Your Maunga’ event at Māngere Mountain, 11am to 3pm on Saturday 17 February. An impressive stage line-up includes R&B singer/songwriter Vince Harder, Lavina Williams, and many others.

21st August 2017

Taonga at heart of new integrated maunga maintenance contract

The first ever single integrated maintenance contract for the Tūpuna Maunga (ancestral mountains) of Tāmaki Makaurau is now in place, with the taonga (treasures) that are the maunga at the heart of the new approach. The successful single provider for the five year contract is Recreational Services Limited.

22nd November 2016

Safer spaces on the way for Auckland’s ancestral mountains

Pedestrian-only areas at the tihi (summits) of five Tūpuna Maunga (ancestral mountains) will be introduced in 2017. The Tūpuna Maunga Authority decided at their meeting yesterday that the tihi of Maungakiekie/One Tree Hill, Maungarei/Mt Wellington, Ōwairaka/Mt Albert, Puketāpapa/Mt Roskill and Takarunga/Mt Victoria will become pedestrian-only spaces next year.

11th June 2016

Trees rise again on the summit of mighty Maungakiekie

Today marks an historic moment in time for the Tūpuna Maunga (ancestral mountain), Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill. During a dawn planting ceremony at 7:30am this morning a grove of 9 young tōtara and pohutukawa were planted on the tihi (summit) where the former tree stood.

1st March 2016

Public consultation opens on integrated plan for Auckland’s ancestral mountains

Public submissions are now being taken on an integrated management plan that will set the foundations for how Auckland’s Tūpuna Maunga (ancestral mountains), or volcanic cones are valued, restored, protected and enhanced. The Proposed Tūpuna Maunga Integrated Management Plan (IMP) can be viewed at aucklandcouncil. govt. nz/tupunamaunga.

15th January 2016

Maungawhau / Mt Eden summit vehicle-free from 20 January 2016

The Tūpuna Maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau Authority is delighted that the tihi (summit) of Maungawhau / Mt Eden will be vehicle-fee from Wednesday, 20 January 2016. This implements the authority’s April 2015 decision which applies to all motor vehicles, including motorbikes and scooters.

20th November 2015

Maungawhau gets new playground in time for summer

The popular children’s playground on Normanby Road at the foot of Maungawhau / Mt Eden is getting a massive upgrade. The existing playground is being removed this week and a brand new adventure park will be in place by mid-December, in time for school holidays.

25th June 2015