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Tauhinukorokio / Mount Pleasant
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This article is about the Port Hills peak. For the Christchurch suburb, see Mount Pleasant, New Zealand.
Tauhinukorokio / Mount Pleasant (Māori: Tauhinu Korokio), also known just as either Mount Pleasant or Tauhinukorokio individually, is the highest elevation in the eastern Port Hills in Christchurch, New Zealand. It once held a Māori pā, but there was little left of it when European settlers first arrived in the 1840s. The hill was first used as a sheep run, and became the base trig station for the survey of Canterbury. It was also used as a signal station to make residents aware of ships coming into Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō. During World War II, an extensive heavy anti-aircraft artillery (HAA) battery was built near the summit, and the foundations of those buildings still exist.
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Tauhinukorokio / Mount Pleasant | |
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Tauhinu Korokio (Māori) | |
![]() A view of Mount Pleasant with AMI Stadium in the foreground (From Hotel Grand Chancellor, demolished after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake) | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 499 m (1,637 ft) |
Coordinates | 43°35′20″S 172°43′38″E |
Geography | |
Location | Christchurch |
Parent range | Port Hills |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Basalt volcanic rock |
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