Ōwairaka / Mount Albert

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Ōwairaka / Mount Albert, also known as Te Ahi-kā-a-Rakataura, is a volcanic peak and Tūpuna Maunga which dominates the landscape of the Ōwairaka and Mount Albert suburbs of Auckland.

Ōwairaka / Mount Albert, in the suburbs of Ōwairaka and Mt Albert.

Ōwairaka / Mount Albert watercolour painted by John Guise Mitford in 1845. The ridged terraces were excavated by Māori for occupation and defence. Most were later destroyed by quarrying.

View of volcanic scoria cone Ōwairaka / Mount Albert, in a postcard from around 1910.

The Ōwairaka / Mount Albert main entrance sign.

Tūpuna Maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau

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The Tūpuna Maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau are 14 volcanic cones that hold great historical, spiritual, ancestral and cultural significance to the 13 Māori iwi and hapū of Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau, who have owned them since 2014.

Looking into and over the crater of Maungawhau / Mount Eden.

The south side of Pukewīwī / Puketāpapa / Mount Roskill, with extensive historic Māori terracing visible

Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill, with historic Māori terracing and obelisk visible

Maungauika / North Head with the flanks of Rangitoto Island and the Hauraki Gulf beyond.