Welcome to the archive images of Tamaki Makaurau
 
 
 
Week 8
04/12/05
 
 
 
Cornwall Park
Part 1
 
Cornwall Park, named in honour of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later King George V), is a landscaped park designed by Austin Strong for recreation and enjoyment purposes.  In 1901 it was gifted by Sir John Logan Campbell to the people of New Zealand.  The vision of Sir John Logan Campbell, a Doctor of Medicine, was to provide a park for people to escape the "hustle and bustle" of Auckland city life.  This park which is located in the middle of a busy urban area, has its own farm of 81 hectares with Simmental Cattle and about 500 sheep.  The park is adjacent Maungakiekie - mountain of the Kiekie, or better known as One Tree Hill, a volcanic cone.  Kiekie (Freycinettia banksii) grows as an epiphytic climber or vine.
 
 
 
"The day on which I gave this park to the people of New Zealand .... constitutes
the crowning happiness of my life." - Sir John Logan Campbell 1903.
Unveiled on 25 May 1906, this statue is remarkable as it was erected during the
lifetime of the person it honours
 
 
 
 
Pohutukawa Drive with 400 Pohutukawa and 100 Norfolk Island Pines
which were planted in 1929
 
 
 
 
An interesting splash of colour
 
 
 
 
Just a picture I liked ....
 
 
 
 
The walkway in between Twin Oak Drive.  These trees which are hybrids
of the English Oak and the Algerian Oak, were grown from acorns in
Cornwall Park and planted in 1934.  The oak trees are flanked by Horse Chestnut,
Kowhai and Olive trees
 
 
 
 
One of many pathways through the trees
 
 
 
 
Steps going up towards Acacia Cottage & Huia Lodge
 
 
 
 
Acacia Cottage - Sir John Logan Campbell's first home in Auckland and built in
1841 in downtown Auckland.  It was moved to Cornwall Park in 1920.  It is
the oldest wooden building in Auckland
 
 
 
 
Huia Lodge was designed for Sir John Logan Campbell, although he never intended
living there himself.  It was officially opened on 26 August 1903 and became
home to successive park caretakers and later to restaurant managers of the
Kiosk next door.  The house features kauri timber throughout most of the rooms.
In 1994 it re-opened as the Cornwall Park Information Centre
 
 
 
 
Picnic in the park - a favourite Kiwi past time
 
 
 

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