Maungakawa Scenic Reserve

The territory now known as Maungakawa Scenic Reserve was much of the time navigated by Maori on their approach to and from the adjacent Maungakawa Pa.

Tracks likewise prompted the parliament house utilized by Tawhiao, second ruler of the Kingitanga development.

This imperative setting was found further into the slopes toward the north of Maungakawa. In 1868 Daniel Thornton, a rich industrialist, purchased the property from its Maori proprietors.

The land was utilized mostly to graze and stuffed cows. At the point when Thornton kicked the bucket in 1881 his better half kept the property and in 1890 had a home based on the summit edge.

The richly outfitted building and intriguing greenery enclosure were viewed as a neighborhood fascination.