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Mt Eden quarry

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Mt Eden quarry

Horses cart stones from the Auckland City Council quarry at Mt Eden in 1907. Auckland’s volcanoes were quarried from the beginning of colonial settlement. Some, such as Mt Smart, were completely levelled. All of the region’s volcanoes are now protected from further cutting.

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Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections

Reference: 7-A1692

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Margaret McClure, Auckland places – Western suburbs: Ponsonby to Hillsborough, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/16183/mt-eden-quarry (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Margaret McClure, published 2 March 2009, updated 5 August 2016.