<p>The hill was originally called One Tree Hill after a solitary tree which grew on the summit when Europeans first settled Auckland (See One Tree Hill below). One of the Maori names for the hill is Maungakiekie - mountain of the kiekie. Kiekie (Freycinetia banksii) commonly grows as an epiphyte or vine on forest trees, this suggests that the vegetation observed by Maori when they named the mountain was different to that of today.
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One Tree Hill, 18 September 2013 - Auckland
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