Waitomokia

The volcano erupted an estimated 20,300 years ago, based on volcanic ash samples found at Pūkaki Lagoon.

[1] The crater lake and swamp were given the name Waitomokia ("Water Seeping into the Ground") by Tāmaki Māori, while three cones were called Moerangi.

[2][3] The two conical cones were the location of a pā (hillfort), and the sides were terraced with kūmara rua (sweet potato storage pits).

[1] The scoria cones were quarried in the 1950s in order to construct the Manukau Sewage Purification Works (now Māngere Wastewater Treatment Plant) adjacent to the volcano.

In 2005, the land became the location of Villa Maria Estates, a vineyard that had previously been headquartered to the north-east along Kirkbride Road.