Pukeiti (Auckland)
Pukeiti is one of the volcanoes in the Auckland volcanic field. The spatter cone is the smallest volcano in Auckland, reaching above sea level, and has a shallow crater over wide. The crater rim was quarried on the south and east side. Extensive lava poured out from this vent to form a lava flow field to the north and east. It is now part of the Otuataua Stonefields reserve. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "cabbage tree Cabbage tree is a common name for several plant species: * ''Andira inermis'', native to Central and South America * Various members of the genus ''Cordyline'' native to New Zealand. **''Cordyline australis'' (Cabbage tree) **''Cordyline banksii'' ... hill" for ''Pukeitī''. References *''City of Volcanoes: A geology of Auckland'' - Searle, Ernest J.; revised by Mayhill, R.D.; Longman Paul, 1981. First published 1964. . *''Volcanoes of Auckland: The Essential Guide''. Hayward, B.W., Murdoch, G., Maitland, G.; Auckla ...
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Pukeiti Volcano Auckland New Zealand
Pukeiti may refer to: People * Pukeiti Pukeiti (died 2012), Cook Islands politician Places * Pukeiti (Auckland), one of the volcanoes in the Auckland Volcanic Field, New Zealand * Pukeiti (gardens) Pukeiti is a garden of international significance in Taranaki, on the western North Island of New Zealand. It is in a gap between two sections of the Egmont National Park, to the northwest of the main cone of Mount Taranaki, on a saddle between i ...