Motukorea Pā

Motukorea Pā is an archaeological site in New Zealand. Motukorea Pā is situated nearby to the volcano Whakamuhu / Glover Park, as well as near Churchill Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Whakamuhu / Glover Park and Churchill Park.

Whakamuhu / Glover Park

Volcano

Photo: Bruce Hayward, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Whakamuhu / Glover Park is a volcano, which is situated 3 km southwest of Motukorea Pā.

Churchill Park is a 40-hectare park in the Auckland suburb of Glendowie, in New Zealand. It was named after Winston Churchill upon the park's creation in 1945, and lies on the eastern side of the Auckland isthmus towards the Tāmaki River. Glendowie suburb was established in the 1920s when George Riddell created a loop road in the area. Churchill Park is situated 3 km southwest of Motukorea Pā.

Mother of Perpetual Help Catholic Church

Church

Photo: Spil030, CC BY 4.0.

Mother of Perpetual Help Catholic Church is situated 3½ km southwest of Motukorea Pā.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glendowie and Bucklands Beach.

Glendowie

Suburb

Photo: Clivostros, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Glendowie is a suburb in Auckland, New Zealand. It is under the local governance of Auckland Council. It was under Auckland City Council from 1989 until the merger of all of Auckland's councils into the "super city" in 2010. Glendowie is situated 4 km southwest of Motukorea Pā.

Bucklands Beach

Suburb

Photo: Skyviewphotography, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bucklands Beach is a suburb and beach 13 kilometres east of Auckland's CBD in New Zealand. Bucklands Beach was originally a rural farm owned by Alfred Buckland until being developed as a holiday destination for Aucklanders in the 1910s with a regular passenger service to the beach. Bucklands Beach is situated 4 km south of Motukorea Pā.

St Heliers

Suburb

Photo: Carpenter0, Public domain.

St Heliers is a seaside suburb of Auckland with a population of 11,760 as of June 2025. St Heliers is located at the eastern end of Tamaki Drive, and used to be the place where the Tamaki estuary formally divided Auckland from Manukau City, until the entire Auckland region was amalgamated under a single city authority, the Auckland Council, in 2010. St Heliers is situated 4 km southwest of Motukorea Pā.

Motukorea Pā

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-36.832° or 36° 49′ 55″ south

Longitude

174.89765° or 174° 53′ 52″ east

Open location code

4VMP5V9X+63

OpenStreetMap ID

node 12466640911

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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