Tauhinukorokio / Mount Pleasant

Tauhinukorokio / Mount Pleasant
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
Elevation499 m (1,637 ft)
Coordinates43°35′20″S 172°43′38″E / 43.589°S 172.72728°E / -43.589; 172.72728
Geography
Tauhinukorokio / Mount Pleasant is located in Banks Peninsula
Tauhinukorokio / Mount Pleasant
Tauhinukorokio / Mount Pleasant
Location of Tauhinukorokio / Mount Pleasant on Banks Peninsula
LocationChristchurch
Parent rangePort Hills
Geology
Mountain typeBasalt volcanic rock

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 , 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.