à Âhinerau / Mount Hobson (also known as à Âhinerangi and Remuwera) is a 143 m high volcanic cone and Tà «puna Maunga (ancestral mountain) in the Auckland volcanic field in Auckland, New Zealand.
Located in the Remuera suburb, to the east of the Newmarket commercial suburb, it has been extensively modified by human use, first by MÃÂori for use as a pàand later by use as quarry and pasture land before finally having a water reservoir installed in its cone to supply the surrounding area. An additional, partially buried, water reservoir was built on the low southern side of the mountain in 1955. English oaks and pà Âhutukawa are the most common trees on the hill.
The name à Âhinerau comes from Hinerau, a goddess of whirlwinds in MÃÂori mythology. The name Mount Hobson comes from Captain William Hobson, the first Governor-General of New Zealand. Remuwera was originally the name of a pàsite on the hill that was also utilised for sweet potato and food gardens. The name Remuwera means the burnt edge of a flax garment.
A water reservoir was constructed on the northwestern side of à Âhinerau / Mount Hobson in 1935, damaging the terracing of the pÃÂ.
In the 2014 Treaty of Waitangi settlement between the Crown and the NgàMana Whenua o TÃÂmaki Makaurau collective of 13 Auckland iwi and hapà « (also known as the TÃÂmaki Collective), ownership of the 14 Tà «puna Maunga of TÃÂmaki Makaurau / Auckland, was vested to the collective, including the volcano officially named à Âhinerau / Mount Hobson. The legislation specified that the land be held in trust "for the common benefit of NgàMana Whenua o TÃÂmaki Makaurau and the other people of Auckland". The Tà «puna Maunga o TÃÂmaki Makaurau Authority or Tà «puna Maunga Authority (TMA) is the co-governance organisation established to administer the 14 Tà «puna Maunga. Auckland Council manages the Tà «puna Maunga under the direction of the TMA.