▁on going ▁research ▁with ▁both ▁teles cop es . ▁It ▁is ▁operated ▁by ▁a ▁char itable ▁trust . ▁ ▁Sum mit ▁trees ▁ ▁When ▁A uck land ▁was ▁founded ▁as ▁a ▁colonial ▁town ▁a ▁tree ▁stood ▁near ▁the ▁sum mit ▁which ▁gave ▁the ▁hill ▁its ▁English ▁name . ▁Two ▁accounts ▁identify ▁it ▁as ▁a ▁p ō h ut uka wa ▁( Met ros ider os ▁exc els a ). ▁This ▁tree ▁was ▁cut ▁down ▁by ▁a ▁p ā ke h ā ▁sett ler ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 2 , ▁in ▁an ▁act ▁of ▁v andal ism ▁in ▁one ▁account , ▁or ▁for ▁fire wood ▁in ▁another . ▁It ▁seems ▁likely ▁this ▁was ▁a ▁different ▁tree ▁from ▁the ▁t ō t ara ▁( Pod oc arp us ▁tot ara ) ▁which , ▁as ▁a ▁sacred ▁tree , ▁had ▁given ▁the ▁hill ▁one ▁of ▁its ▁Ma ori ▁names . ▁A ▁radi ata ▁p ine ▁was ▁plant ed ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 7 0 s ▁to ▁replace ▁the ▁previous ▁t ō t ara ▁. ▁John ▁Log an ▁Campbell ▁repeatedly ▁tried ▁to ▁grow ▁native ▁trees ▁on ▁the ▁hill ' s ▁sum mit , ▁but ▁the ▁trees ▁failed ▁to ▁surv ive ▁- ▁with ▁only ▁two ▁p ines , ▁originally ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁shelter ▁bel t ▁for ▁the ▁native ▁trees , ▁surv iving ▁for ▁long . ▁However , ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁was ▁fel led ▁in ▁another ▁attack , ▁possibly ▁for ▁fire wood . ▁ ▁The ▁remaining ▁tree ▁was ▁later