... out and the same thing happened to other mountains in the Auckland area. One Mountain that has go very visible scars of quarrying is Pigeon Mountain. It has been quarried so much that only half of it is left (as shown below). The land that was quarried out has now turned into subdivision. Also Mt Wellington has had extensive quarrying it was ... scrub, but when the Europeans came the cleared the Island and used it for farmland, this was devastating on the wildlife. This is also evident on other volcanoes, for example Pigeon Mountain and Mt Wellington. In Conclusion people have modified ...

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