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Te Tātua a Riukiuta

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759: 47: 266: 211:. Along the edge of this crater to the south runs Mount Albert Road, and to the north, Landscape Road. At 800 metres (2,600 ft) across and nearly 200 metres (660 ft) deep, the explosion crater, which was caused by the initial eruption, was the largest in Auckland. The crater no longer exists today. The three largest scoria cones of the group were Big King at 133 m (436 ft) high, East King at 120 m (390 ft) high, and Highest King, which was 135 m (443 ft) high. 254: 919: 338:
it contains, and only one of the three large peaks (Te Tātua a Riukiuta / Big King) remains today, largely because of the water reservoir that was built on its summit at the beginning of the 20th century. The reservoir is below the hydraulic grade of the area and is hence maintained as an emergency
394:/ Auckland, was vested to the collective, including the volcano officially named Te Tātua a Riukiuta. The legislation specified that the land be held in trust "for the common benefit of Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau and the other people of Auckland". The 690: 226:. Most of these lava tunnels have collapsed but sections of them form caves and can be accessed from private properties in the area. It was formerly believed that the lava had travelled further and formed 269:
View looking west, made in 1920, showing Three Kings Road (later Mount Eden Road, foreground) and part of Te Tātua a Riukiuta: Highest King is in the background to the left, with East King to its right.
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or Tūpuna Maunga Authority (TMA) is the co-governance organisation established to administer the 14 Tūpuna Maunga. Auckland Council manages the Tūpuna Maunga under the direction of the TMA.
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which still exist under the surface. Thus, rainwater falling on Te Tātua a Riukiuta and the surrounding area is channeled underground for miles until it emerges at
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drilled through Te Tātua a Riukiuta lava flows in 2006 and carbon dating of the organic material produced six very similar dates around 28,500 years.
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to supply the water to the region. However, as a result of local opposition to this arrangement, the water is instead discarded into the sea. This
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Lindsay, J.M.; Leonard, G.S.; Smid, E.R.; Hayward, B.W. (December 2011). "Age of the Auckland volcanic field: a review of existing data".
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level became a problem for the quarry in 1995, and Winstone Aggregates, the company operating the quarry, arranged with the
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confederation era of the 17th and 18th centuries. The stone walled pā was built by Kowhatukiteuru, rangatira of the
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waka who brought together diverse genealogical lines of the local tribes. The name Three Kings derives from the
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View north-east from the summit of Te Tātua a Riukiuta, showing terracing on the slopes from when it was a
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crater. It was later adapted to Te Tātua a Riukiuta, which referred to Riukiuta, a senior priest of the
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However, the large scoria deposits in the surrounding area are still being quarried. The
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The eruption occurred 28,500 years ago. Charred twigs and wood were found in six
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that erupted 28,500 years ago. The volcano had three prominent peaks known as
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Lava flows ran from here down a stream valley for three kilometres to
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cones and about a dozen smaller scoria mounds, sitting inside a large
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The area has been drastically quarried over the years for the red
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Te Tātua a Riukiuta was probably the most complex volcano in the
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Hayward, Bruce W.; Murdoch, Graeme; Maitland, Gordon (2011).
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and a number of smaller peaks until most of them were
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Te Tātua-a-Riukiuta

Elevation
Coordinates
36°54′11″S 174°45′17″E / 36.902926°S 174.754651°E / -36.902926; 174.754651
Auckland
North Island
Parent range
Auckland volcanic field
arc
belt
Auckland volcanic field
Tūpuna Maunga
Three Kings, New Zealand
quarried
Auckland volcanic field
scoria
explosion crater
Western Springs
lava tunnels
Western Springs Te Wai Ōrea Lake
Meola Reef
Point Chevalier
Te Kōpuke / Mount Saint John
boreholes



Mataaho
Maungawhau

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