Otara Hill (also Te Puke o Tara or Smales Mount) is one of the volcanoes in the Auckland volcanic field. Its scoria cone reached 89 m above sea level (around 59 m higher than the surrounding land) before it was quarried away. The hill was the site of a pā named Te Puke Ō Tara meaning ‘hill belonging to Tara', who was a Ngāi Tai Rangatira (or Māori Chief) of the area.