Kōrero: Auckland places

Motukorea

Motukorea

Motukorea is Auckland’s most intact volcano. It is also known as Brown’s Island after William Brown, who bought it in 1840. In 1955 the owner, Sir Ernest Davis, donated the island to Auckland city.

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GNS Science
Reference: CN18671/31
Photograph by Lloyd Homer

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Margaret McClure, 'Auckland places - Gulf islands', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/16088/motukorea (accessed 30 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Margaret McClure, updated 5 Aug 2016