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Cornwall
Park
is
an
expansive
parkland
in
Epsom
near
the
heart
of
Auckland,
New
Zealand,
surrounding
the
park
containing
Maungakiekie
pa
or
the
hill
of
One
Tree
Hill.
The
two
independent
parks
form
one
large
park
of
670
acres
(270
hectares).
Cornwall
Park
is
an
Oasis
in
Auckland
City.
The
Park
has
centuries-old
heritage
sites,
wide-open
spaces,
tree
lined
avenues
and
walks,
places
of
peace
and
tranquility
in
a
large
city,
sports
grounds
including
tennis
and
bowls
and
a
working
farm
for
the
education
of
city
children.
John
Logan
Campbell,
Auckland
resident
since
1840
and,
at
the
time
of
this
gift,
mayor,
gave
the
park's
230
acres
to
a
private
trust
on
10
June
1901.
The
adjoining
Park
Maungakiekie
had
been
purchased
by
the
national
government
in
1845.
Campbell
chose
to
present
the
deeds
the
following
day
to
the
visiting
heir
to
the
throne,
the
Duke
of
Cornwall
and
York
later
George
V
asking
his
consent
for
it
to
be
named
Cornwall
Park
in
honour
of
the
Duke.
A
few
weeks
later
the
adjoining
Alexandra
Park
was
named
in
honour
of
the
Duke's
mother.