A tree graces One Tree Hill again, but only until Auckland City Council workers get up there.
Mayor Dick Hubbard says the pohutukawa planted at the summit at the weekend will be removed this week.
It is not the first time a mystery person has planted a tree on the hill, bare since the council cut down what was left of the landmark lone pine about four years ago.
Maori activist Mike Smith had taken to it with a chainsaw in 1994 and the damage he inflicted ultimately forced the council's hand.
Mr Hubbard said last night that new trees, probably pohutukawa, could be planted at the summit as soon as mid-year. A number would be planted in the hope that a dominant tree might emerge.
The pohutukawa appeared with a plaque bearing the words "one nation", but Mr Hubbard did not know "whether that's the organisation, or just a statement".
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