Puke-i-Āki-Rangi
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Puke-i-Āki-Rangi, commonly known as Point View, is a hill in East Tāmaki Heights, New Zealand.
Geography
Puke-i-Āki-Rangi is a 142-metre hill in East Tāmaki Heights,{{Cite web |url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/57209 |title=Puke-i-Āki-Rangi |website=New Zealand Gazetteer |publisher=Land Information New Zealand|access-date=18 May 2023}} overlooking East Auckland.{{cite web|url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/parks-recreation/get-outdoors/aklpaths/Pages/path-detail.aspx?ItemId=201 |title=Point View Bush Path |publisher=Auckland Council |access-date=18 May 2023}} The hill is surrounded by a {{cvt|29|ha}} reserve.{{citeq|Q118136068|page=156}}
Biodiversity
Puke-i-Āki-Rangi is known as a habitat for the rare New Zealand long-tailed bat. Native birds can also be found at the reserve, including tūī, pīwakawaka, kererū and riroriro. Much of the hill is surrounded by regenerating native forest.
History
The name Puke-i-Āki-Rangi originated from Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, and literally means "The Hill That Way Propelled Skyward". An alternate name used by Ngāi Tai is Puke-ariki ("Hill of the Chief"). The location was the site of a defended pā, and during European times the hill gained the name Point View Pa.{{Cite web| date=7 November 2015 | title = Deed of Settlement of Historical Claims |url=https://www.govt.nz/assets/Documents/OTS/Ngai-Tai-ki-Tamaki/Ngai-Tai-ki-Tamaki-Deed-of-Settlement-7-Nov-2015.pdf |author1=Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki |author2=The Trustees of the Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Trust |author3=The Crown | publisher = New Zealand Government| access-date = 18 May 2023}}
In 1994 the East Tāmaki Reservoir was constructed in Point View Reserve.{{cite web|url=https://www.watercare.co.nz/About-us/News-media/New-reservoirs-in-Pukekohe-under-way |title=New reservoirs in Pukekohe under way |date=9 April 2019 |website=Watercare |access-date=18 May 2023}} In 2015, the New Zealand Government reached a treaty settlement with Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki. During this process, the hill was officially gazetted as Puke-i-Āki-Rangi.{{cite news|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/eastern-courier/73910590/crown-signs-127m-treaty-settlement-with-ngai-tai-ki-tamaki |title=Crown signs $12.7m treaty settlement with Ngai Tai ki Tamaki |date=12 November 2015 |website=Stuff |access-date=18 May 2023}}
References
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Category:Hills of the Auckland Region