Waitomokia

Waitomokia (also Gabriel Hill or Mount Gabriel) is a volcano in the Auckland volcanic field. The volcano, alongside Māngere Lagoon, Crater Hill, Kohuora, Pukaki Lagoon and Robertson Hill, is one of the volcanic features collectively referred to as Nga Tapuwae a Mataoho ("The Sacred Footprints of Mataoho"), referring to the deity who was involved in their creation.[1][2]

Vineyards within Waitomokia's explosion crater.

Waitomokia's 600 m (2,000 ft) wide tuff crater contained three small scoria cones up to 20 m (66 ft) high, one with a crater, which were quarried away.

References
  1. "The History of Our Marae". Makaurau Marae. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  2. Graham, George (1979). "George Graham's Maori Place Names of Auckland". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 16: 11-39.
  • City of Volcanoes: A geology of Auckland - Searle, Ernest J.; revised by Mayhill, R.D.; Longman Paul, 1981. First published 1964. ISBN 0-582-71784-1.
  • Volcanoes of Auckland: A Field Guide. Hayward, B.W.; Auckland University Press, 2019, 335 pp. ISBN 0-582-71784-1.


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