List of mountains of New Zealand by height explained

The following are lists of mountains in New Zealand ordered by height. Names, heights, topographic prominence and isolation, and coordinates were extracted from the official Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) Topo50 topographic maps at the interactive topographic map of New Zealand site.

Mountains are referred to as maunga in the Māori language.

Named summits over 2,900 m

All summits over are within the Southern Alps, a chain that forms the backbone of the South Island, and all but one (Mount Aspiring / Tititea) are within a 10miles radius of Aoraki / Mount Cook. Some of these summits are mere shoulders on the ridges of Aoraki and Mount Tasman.

Gordon Hasell was the first person who, by 1960, had climbed all New Zealand's peaks above 10,000 feet. The achievement mentions 27 peaks and is thus counts individual peaks that may make up one mountain, e.g. Mount Haast has three individual peaks that are all above that height.^{[1] [2]}

Rank	Summit	Height		Prominence		Isolation		Nearest higher peak
		m	ft	m	ft	km	miles
1	Aoraki / Mount Cook	3,724	12,218	3,724	12,218	3,140	1,950	Mount Minto, Admiralty Mountains
2	Aoraki: Middle Peak	3,717	12,195	40	130	0.8	0.5	High Peak
3	Aoraki: Low Peak	3,593	11,788	47	154	0.5	0.3	Middle Peak
4	Mount Tasman	3,497	11,473	519	1,703	3.2	2.0	Aoraki
5	Mount Dampier	3,440	11,286	92	302	0.3	0.2	Aoraki
6	Mount Vancouver	3,309	10,856	20	60	0.3	0.2	Mount Dampier
7	Silberhorn	3,300	10,827	35	115	0.3	0.2	Mount Tasman
8	Malte Brun	3,198	10,492	780	2,559	11.3	7.0	Mount Tasman
9	Mount Hicks	3,198	10,492	70	230	0.5	0.3	Mount Dampier
10	Lendenfeld Peak	3,194	10,479	101	331	0.5	0.3	Mount Tasman
11		3,184	10,446	14	46	0.3	0.2	Silberhorn
12	Torres Peak	3,160	10,367	110	360	0.5	0.3	Mount Tasman
13	Mount Sefton	3,151	10,338	1063	3,488	11.9	6.8	Aoraki
14	Mount Teichelmann	3,144	10,315	15	50	0.1	0.1	Mount Graham
15	Mount Haast	3,114	10,217	127	417	0.5	0.3	Lendenfeld Peak
16	Mount Elie de Beaumont	3,109	10,200	648	2,126	8.8	5.5	Mount Haast
17	La Perouse	3,078	10,098	496	1,627	3.2	2.0	Aoraki
18	Douglas Peak	3,077	10,095	318	1,043	2.7	1.6	Mount Haast
19	Mount Haidinger	3,070	10,072	160	525	1.1	0.7	Douglas Peak
20		3,049	10,003	20	60	0.2	0.1	Mount Teichelmann
21		3,042	9,980	10	35	0.1	0.1	Mount Vancouver
22	The Minarets	3,040	9,974	560	1,835	5.2	3.2	Elie de Beaumont
23	Mount Aspiring / Tititea	3,033	9,951	2471	8,107	130.6	81.1	Mount Sefton
24	Mount Hamilton	3,025	9,925	340	1,115	1.6	1.0	Malte Brun
25	Dixon Peak	3,004	9,856	60	200	0.3	0.2	Mount Haast
26	Glacier Peak	3,002	9,849	75	250	0.6	0.4	Douglas Peak
27	Mount Chudleigh	2,966	9,731	483	1,585	3.2	2.0	Malte Brun
28	Haeckel Peak	2,965	9,728	255	840	1.9	1.2	Mount Hamilton
29	Drake	2,960	9,711	110	360	0.2	0.1	Magellan
30	Mount Darwin	2,952	9,685	225	740	1.5	0.9	Haeckel Peak
31	Aiguilles Rouges	2,950	9,678	240	790	1.5	0.9	Mount Chudleigh
32	De La Beche	2,950	9,678	40	130	0.3	0.2	Minarets
33	Mount Annan	2,934	9,626	85	280	0.7	0.4	Mount Darwin
34	Mount Low	2,932	9,619	87	285	0.4	0.2	La Perouse
35	Nazomi	2,925	9,596	106	348	0.6	0.4	Aoraki (Low Peak)
36	Mount Gold Smith	2,909	9,544	40	130	0.3	0.2	Minarets
37	Mount Walters	2,905	9,531	115	380	0.4	0.3	Elie de Beaumont

The 100 highest mountains

These are all the mountains over with a topographic prominence (drop) of at least, closely matching those on the list of mountains of New Zealand by the New Zealand Alpine Club. Five peaks overlooked on that list are indicated with an asterisk. Of these 100 mountains, all but two — Ruapehu (Tahurangi Peak) (19th highest) and Mount Taranaki (65th highest) — are in the South Island. Tapuae-o-Uenuku, in the Kaikōura Ranges, is the highest peak outside the Southern Alps.

Rank	Mountain	Height (m)	Drop (m)	Isol. (km)	Coordinates	First ascent	First ascent party
1	Aoraki / Mount Cook	3,724	3,724	3,140			Jack Clarke, Tom Fyfe, George Graham
2	Mount Tasman	3,497	519	3.2			Jack Clarke, Edward FitzGerald, Matthias Zurbriggen
3	Malte Brun	3,199	780	11.3			Tom Fyfe
4	Mount Sefton	3,151	1,063	10.9			Edward FitzGerald, Matthias Zurbriggen
5	Mount Elie de Beaumont	3,109	648	8.8			Peter Graham, Henrik Sillem
6	La Perouse	3,078	496	3.2			Peter Graham, R S Low, Henry Newton, Ebenezer Teichelmann
7	Douglas Peak	3,077	318	2.7			Alexander Graham, Henry Newton, Ebenezer Teichelmann
8	The Minarets	3,040	560	5.2			Tom Fyfe, Malcolm Ross
9	Mount Aspiring / Tititea	3,033	2,471	130.6			Bernard Head, Jack Clarke, Peter Graham
10	Mount Hamilton	3,025	340	1.6			Laurence M Earle, Bernard Head, Jack Clarke, Peter Graham
11	Mount Chudleigh	2,966	483	3.2			Hugh Chambers, Freda Du Faur, Jim Murphy
12	Tapuae-o-Uenuku	2,885	2,022	318.7			Nehemiah McRae and two others
13	Mount Alarm	2,877	315	2.6			T H S Fyfe and I E Rawnsley
14		2,875	1,153	20.0			Jim Dennistoun, Laurence Earle, Jack Clarke
15	Mount Earnslaw	2,830	1,359	36.3			Harry Birley
16	Hochstetter Dome	2,827	392	2.1			Anna and Robert von Lendenfeld, Harry Dew
17	Mount Hutton	2,822	662	7.3			Conrad Kain, H. Otto Frind
18	Mount Sibbald	2,811	717	9.8			Edgar Williams and William Kennedy
19	Ruapehu (Tahurangi Peak)	2,797	2,797	341.9			George Beetham, Joseph Maxwell
20	Mount Arrowsmith	2,781	911	34.2			Hugh F. Wright and Jim P. Murphy
21	The Nun's Veil	2,749	559	11.3			Peter Graham, Mick Collett, Dr Mackay,
22	Mount Burns	2,746	376	7.3			B. Head, A. and P. Graham, Darby Thomson, L. Earle, J. Clarke
23	Mount Tūtoko	2,723	2,191	30.4			Samuel Turner and Peter Graham
24	Jagged Peak	2,706	315	3.4			Evan Wilson, Andy Anderson, Doug Brough, Stan Barnett
25	Mount Hopkins	2,678	507	5.1			Samuel Turner, Peter Graham, Frank Milne
26	Mount Mannering	2,669	446	4.6			Conrad Kain, H. Otto Frind
26	Brodrick Peak	2,669	446	2.8			Will A. Kennedy, Jack Lipp
28	Mount Whitcombe	2,650	921	15.2			Roger Chester, Alan Willis, Bill Mirams
29	Mount Ward	2,645	624	12.3			Selwyn Grave, E.A. Hogg, Edgar Williams
30	Rob Roy Peak	2,644	458	6.9			Ernie Smith, Monty McClymont, Cedric Benzoni, Bob Fullerton, George Palmer, Don Divers, Russell & George Edwards, Gordon Edward
31	Mount Dechen	2,643	1,198	10.0			Marjorie Edgar-Jones, Gladys Acton-Adams, Frank Alack, Tom Christie
32	Mount Hooker	2,640	1,201	7.6			Samuel Turner, Cyril Turner
33	Mount Moffat	2,638	500	4.5			A J Scott, Alf Brustad, Russell Fraser,
34	Red Peak *	2,637	307	2.6			H W (Sandy) Cormack, Lloyd Wilson
35	The Abbot	2,630	320	4.3
36	Mount Sealy	2,627	635	4.7			Jack Clarke, C L Barrow, Edward FitzGerald, Matthias Zurbriggen
37	Mitre Peak	2,621	399	1.7			Alexander, Fowler, Neville, Moore
38	Mount Edward	2,620	1,145	11.1			Bernard Head, Jack Clarke and Colin Ferrier
39	Mount Evans	2,620	522	3.5			John D. Pascoe, Gavin Malcolmson, Priestley Thomson
40	Mount Lucia *	2,617	345	4.8			C S Brockett, S J Harris, N D Dench, N Feierabend
41	Sir William Peak	2,610	535	3.1			Jock A. Sim, V.J. Leader, Ken Grinling
42	Manakau	2,608	1,798	23.8			James Ingram
43	Mount Avalanche	2,606	380	3.3			Dennis Leigh, Bill Walker & Jock Sim
44	Dilemma Peak	2,602	410	1.9			Tom Fyfe, Conrad Kain
45	Mount Conrad	2,598	344	2.6			Conrad Kain, H. Otto Frind
46	Mount Glenmary	2,590	585	12.7			Scott Gilkison, Ernie Presland, Harry Stevenson
47	Te ao Whekere	2,590	532	7.7
48	Mount Loughnan	2,590	360	3.4			J Shanks, D A Carty, H Smith, L Dumbleton
49	Mount Head	2,585	480	4.4			Hugh Francis Wright
50	Mount Forbes	2,583	350	3.1			Hugh F. Wright and Jim P. Murphy
51	The Warrior	2,580	695	10.6			H W (Sandy) Cormack, Lloyd Wilson, Sidney (Archie) Wiren, E C A Ferrier
52	O'Leary Peak	2,570	306	0.8			Harry Birley
53	Mount Acland	2,562	383	4.3			Conrad Kain, H. Otto Frind
54	Mount Strachan	2,561	410	3.5			Marie Byles, Marjorie Edgar-Jones, Harry Ayres, Frank Alack
55	Mount Wolseley	2,558	305	3.9			Will Kennedy, Jack Lippe
56	Mauka Atua	2,557	540	10.8			Norman Hardie
57	Mount William Grant	2,556	472	4.1
58	The South Thumb	2,546	730	14.2			Harold (Ned) Porter, Clive Barker, Hugh Chambers
59	Newton Peak	2,543	644	10.7			LK Wilson, HW Cormack
60	Mount Williams	2,538	370	5.2			Doug Dick, E.W. Hullett, Harry Stevenson
61	Mount Pollux	2,536	1,127	19.9			E Miller, J S Shanks, G B Thomas, A J Scott, W Young & J Dumbleton
62	Mount Madeline	2,536	543	2.8			Alf Cowling, Samuel Turner
63	Mount Maori	2,535	309	3.0			Russell and Gordon Edwards, Ernie Smith, and Doug Knowles
64	Centaur Peaks E	2,525	1,001	12.7			Hugh F. Wright and J. Robertson
65	Mount Taranaki	2,518	2,308	128.5			Ernst Dieffenbach & James Heberly
66	Mount Castor	2,518	303	1.5			C C Benzoni, L W Divers, R R & G L Edwards & D C Peters
67	Mount Lydia	2,517	527	6.0
68	Mount Brewster	2,516	938	35.7			C.Bentham, Cyril Turner, Samuel Turner
69	Malcolm Peak	2,512	521	5.3			Ebenezer Teichelmann, Peter Graham, Jack Clarke
70	Mount Tewha / Headlong Peak	2,510	714	8.1			Leo P. Mangos, G.W. Goodyear, P. Child
71	Alma	2,510	371	1.6			Harold (Ned) Porter, Hugh Chambers, Clive Barker
72	Mount Huxley	2,505	870	18.3			Scott Gilkison, Roland Rodda, Harry Stevenson, Rod Williams, Max Willis
73	Mount Ian	2,502	414	3.1			Doug Knowles, Russell R. and Gordon L. Edwards
74	Dun Fiunary	2,500	395	4.1			Rex Booth, Reg Winn
75	Mount Glencairn	2,499	430	1.6			Jim Dawson, Jim Gilkison, Scott Gilkison, Christopher Johnson
76	Mount Tyndall	2,496	310	3.6			Frank Wright and J R Simpson
77	McClure Peak	2,486	420	3.9			William A Kennedy, Jack Lippe
78	Blair Peak	2,486	410	3.6			H W (Sandy) Cormack, Lloyd Wilson, Sidney (Archie) Wiren
79	Lauper Peak	2,485	434	2.9			Fred Kitchingham, Charles Ward, Lawrence Gooch
80	Mount Ferguson	2,480	415	3.1
81		2,474	1,076	42.5			G. M. Moir, W. G. Grave, K. Roberts, R. S. M. Sinclair, H. Slater
82	Mount Percy Smith	2,465	390	1.4			Lloyd Divers, Gordon Edwards, Russell Edwards, Ernie Smith
83	Hells Gates	2,459	555	5.4
84	Mount Barth	2,456	530	11.5			Lindsay Crozier, Jim Crozier, Bruce Gillies, Selwyn Grave
85	Fettes Peak	2,451	921	6.6			Archie Scott, Christopher Johnson, Scott Russell
86	Pt 2447	2,447	440	4.7
87	Climax Peak	2,446	697	9.3
88	Mount Kensington	2,444	634	6.6			John D. Pascoe, AF Pearson, HA McDowall, HM Sweeney
89	Pt 2444	2,444	440	2.8
90	Mount Jackson	2,434	493	4.2			Jim Dawson, Christopher Johnson, Scott Russell
91	Kaimakamaka	2,431	370	4.2
92	Mount Radove	2,430	528	6.3
93	Mount Lambert	2,430	328	2.8			LW Boot, IW Tucker and H Andrewes
94	Pt 2428 *	2,428	325	3.9
95	Mount Farrar	2,424	300	2.5			N Barker, GDT Hall
96	The Marquee *	2,421	417	1.9			W. McBeth, R. Booth, W. Baker, C. Hilgendorf, R. & D. Twyneham
97	Tarahaka	2,414	365	2.7
98	Soloist Peak	2,414	325	3.0
99	Mount Allan Dick (Pt 2413)	2,413	353	6.6			J Harrison, B Waterhouse, L G Osborne, B H Williams
100	Mount Blackburn	2,409	459	7.0			Jack Clarke, C J Bainbridge, W G Tennant
101	Mount Murchison	2,408	1,169	41.4			Charles K. Ward and Arthur E. Talbot
102	Mount Symons	2,408	405	3.6
103	Mount Chevalier *	2,404	494	5.1			Bob Clark-Hall, J L (Pat) Clark-Hall
104	Cloudy Peak	2,403	520	12.8			Bryan Barrer, Frank Askin
105	Trireme Peak NW	2,403	385	5.1			Neville Barker, Duncan Hall

Other notable mountains and hills

Over 2,000 metres

• Te Heuheu – 27320NaN0- highest peak in the north of the crater rim of Mount Ruapehu
• Mount Strauchon – 23910NaN0
• Mount Bonpland – 23430NaN0
• Turner Peak – 23410NaN0
• Mount Franklin (Tasman) – 23400NaN0
• Mount Travers – 23380NaN0
• Mount Taylor – 23330NaN0
• Double Cone – 23190NaN0^[3]
• Mount Tūwhakarōria – 23070NaN0
• Somnus – 22930NaN0
• Mount Ngauruhoe – 22870NaN0
• Mount Hopeless – 22780NaN0
• Mount Rolleston – 22750NaN0
• Mount Aurum – 22450NaN0
• Faerie Queen – 22360NaN0
• Mount Paske – 22160NaN0
• Mount Adams – 22080NaN0
• Mount Awful – 21920NaN0
• Mount Hutt – 21850NaN0
• Mount Franklin (Canterbury) – 21450NaN0
• Mount Cloudsley – 21070NaN0
• Mount Olympus – 20940NaN0
• Dobson Peak – 20950NaN0
• David Peaks – 20930NaN0
• Mount Macfarlane – 20770NaN0
• Tooth Peak – 20610NaN0
• Mount Damfool – 20300NaN0
• Mount Dreadful – 20300NaN0
• Jane Peak – 20220NaN0

1,000 to 2,000 metres

• Castle Hill Peak – 1998m (6,555feet)
• Mount Tongariro – 1978m (6,490feet)
• Cecil Peak – 1978m (6,490feet)
• Mount Pisa – 1963m (6,440feet)
• Mount Cardrona – 1936m (6,352feet)
• Mount Ollivier – 1933m (6,342feet)
• Benmore Peak (Benmore Range) – 1932m (6,339feet) (site of Benmore Peak Observatory)
• Mount Owen – 1875m (6,152feet)
• Sutherlands Peak (Benmore Range) – 1846m (6,056feet)
• Totara Peak (Benmore Range) – 1822m (5,978feet)
• Walter Peak – 1800m (5,900feet)
• Mount Arthur – 1795m (5,889feet)
• Mount Hikurangi (Gisborne District) – 1754m (5,755feet) (highest peak in the North Island, excluding volcanoes)
• Ben Lomond – 1751m (5,745feet)
• Mount Peel – 1743m (5,719feet)
• Mount Mangaweka – 1730m (5,680feet) (second highest peak in the North Island, excluding volcanoes)
• Kaweka J (Kaweka Range) – 1724m (5,656feet)
• Mount Axford – 1720m (5,640feet)
• Brown Peak, Sturge Island (subantarctic island) – 1705m (5,594feet)^[4] or 1524m (5,000feet)^[5]
• Mount Winterslow – 1700m (5,600feet)
• Mitre Peak – 1692m (5,551feet)
• Mount Somers / Te Kiekie – 1688m (5,538feet)
• Purple Hill (Lake Pearson, above Waimakariri Valley) – 1680m (5,510feet)
• Mount Pisgah – 1643m (5,390feet) (highest peak of the Kakanui Range)
• Roys Peak – 1578m (5,177feet)
• The Mitre (Tararua Range) – 1571m (5,154feet)
• Mount Hector (Tararua Range) – 1529m (5,016feet)
• Angle Knob (Tararua Range) – 1510m (4,950feet)
• Hauhungatahi – 1521m (4,990feet)
• Mount Lyndon – 1489m (4,885feet)
• Mid Dome – 1478m (4,849feet)
• Mount Luxmore – 1472m (4,829feet)
• Mount Holdsworth (Tararua Range) – 1470m (4,820feet)
• The Cairn (Benmore Range) – 1464m (4,803feet)
• Summit Peak – 1450m (4,760feet) (highest point of the Rock and Pillar Range)
• Mount Arowhana – 1439m (4,721feet)
• Jumbo Peak (Tararua Range) – 1405m (4,610feet)
• Pouakai (Pouakai Range) – 1400m (4,600feet)
• Mount Alfred – 1375m (4,511feet)
• Mount Oxford – 1364m (4,475feet)
• Young Island (subantarctic island) – 1340m (4,400feet)
• Mount Isobel (Hanmer, South Island) – 1324m (4,344feet)
• The Buscot (Benmore Range) – 1245m (4,085feet)
• Buckle Island (subantarctic island) – 1239m (4,065feet)
• Mount Noble – 1220m (4,000feet)
• Mount Te Kinga – 1204m (3,950feet)
• Mount Grono (Secretary Island) – 1196m (3,924feet) (highest peak in main New Zealand chain not in the North or South Island)
• Mount Pureora – 1175m (3,855feet)
• Mount Tarawera – 1111m (3,645feet)
• Mount Tauhara – 1088m (3,570feet)
• Mount John – 1031m (3,383feet) (site of Mount John University Observatory)
• Mount Thomas – 1023m (3,356feet)

Under 1,000 metres

• Mount Ross – 983m (3,225feet) (highest point in the Aorangi Range)
• Mount Anglem / Hananui – 979m (3,212feet) (highest peak on Stewart Island/Rakiura)
• Mount Pirongia – 959m (3,146feet)
• Mount Te Aroha – 952m (3,123feet) (highest point in the Kaimai Range)
• Mount Matthews – 940m (3,080feet) (highest peak in Rimutaka Range)
• Mount Herbert (Te Ahu Patiki) – 920m (3,020feet) (highest point on Banks Peninsula)
• Wharite Peak – 920m (3,020feet)
• Queenstown Hill – 907m (2,976feet)
• Maungatua – 900m (3,000feet)
• Moehau – 892m (2,927feet) (highest point on the Coromandel Peninsula)
• Mount Graham – 829m (2,720feet)
• Putauaki (Mount Edgecumbe) – 820m (2,690feet)
• Maungatautari – 797m (2,615feet) (site of the Maungatautari Restoration Project)
• Te Raupua – 781m (2,562feet) (highest point in Northland)
• Tutamoe – 770m (2,530feet) (second highest point in Northland)
• Tākaka Hill – 760m (2,490feet)
• Ngongotahā – 757m (2,484feet)
• Mount Karioi – 756m (2,480feet) (overlooks Raglan)
• Swampy Summit – 739m (2,425feet) (highest remnant of the Dunedin Volcano)
• Mount Hauturu on Little Barrier Island – 722m (2,369feet) (highest point in the Auckland Region)
• Mount Wainui – 722m (2,369feet) (highest peak in Akatarawa Forest)
• Mount Pye – 720m (2,360feet) (highest point in The Catlins)
• Mount McKerrow – 706m (2,316feet)
• Mount Dick (highest point in the Auckland Islands, on Adams Island) – 705m (2,313feet)
• Kohukohunui (highest point in the Hunua Ranges) – 688m (2,257feet)
• Patuha (New Zealand) (highest point in the Kaitake Range) – 684m (2,244feet)
• Mount Cargill – 680m (2,230feet)
• Flagstaff (Dunedin) – 666m (2,185feet)
• Mount Clime – 665m (2,182feet)
• Kahurānaki – 645m (2,116feet) Hawkes Bay Region
• Mount Hikurangi (Northland) – 625m (2,051feet)
• Mount Hobson (highest point on Great Barrier Island) – 621m (2,037feet)
• Hokonui Hills – 600m (2,000feet)
• Mount Honey (Campbell Island) – 558m (1,831feet)
• Mount Karangahake (Hauraki District – 544m (1,785feet)
• Castle Rock in the Coromandel Range – 525m (1,722feet)
• Moumoukai – 516m (1,693feet) (highest point in the Kermadec Islands, on Raoul Island)
• Hawkins Hill, Wellington – 495m (1,624feet)
• Te Heru o Kahukura / Sugarloaf (Christchurch) – 494m (1,621feet)
• Kohinurākau (Hastings) – 490m (1,610feet)
• Te Toiokawharu (highest point in the Waitākere Ranges) – 474m (1,555feet)
• Saddle Hill (Dunedin) – 473m (1,552feet)
• Rangituhi / Colonial Knob (Porirua, Wellington) – 468m (1,535feet)
• Kakepuku (Waikato, North Island) – 449m (1,473feet)
• Mount Kaukau (Wellington) – 445m (1,460feet)
• Ruaotuwhenua (Waitākere Ranges, Auckland) – 440m (1,440feet)
• Mount Charles – 408m (1,339feet) (highest point on the Otago Peninsula)
• Mount Manaia (Whangarei) – 403m (1,322feet)
• Te Mata Peak (Hastings) – 399m (1,309feet)
• Signal Hill (Dunedin) – 393m (1,289feet)
• Mayor Island / Tuhua – 355m (1,165feet)
• Pukematekeo (Waitākere Ranges, Auckland) – 336m (1,102feet)
• Whakaari / White Island – 321m (1,053feet)
• Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu – 305m (1,001feet)
• Te Ahumairangi – 301m (988feet)
• Brooklyn Hill (Wellington) – 299m (981feet)
• Maungatere Hill – 294m (965feet) (highest named point in the Chatham Islands)
• Mangere – 286m (938feet) (highest point on Mangere Island)
• Bluff Hill / Motupohue ("The Bluff", Bluff, Southland) – 265m (869feet)
• Rangitoto Island – 260m (850feet)
• Maunganui (Waiheke Island) – 231m (758feet)
• Mount Maunganui – 230m (760feet)
• Mount Victoria (Wellington) – 196m (643feet)
• Maungawhau / Mount Eden (Auckland) – 196m (643feet)
• Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill (Auckland) – 182m (597feet)
• Paritutu (New Plymouth) – 156m (512feet)
• Mount Wellington (Auckland) – 137m (449feet)
• Mount Albert (Auckland) – 135m (443feet)
• Roys Hill (Hastings) – 134m (440feet)
• Mount Roskill (Auckland) – 110m (360feet)
• Māngere Mountain – 107m (351feet)
• Bluff Hill (Napier) – 101m (331feet)

Historical perspective

Prior to the introduction of the metric system in New Zealand, the mountains regarded as tall were those over . Lists of mountains or peaks by height have over the decades been published by the New Zealand government in its official yearbook. The 1920–21 edition was the first to contain a list of mountains and it had six of them at over 10,000 feet.^[6]

1920–21 yearbook! Mountain !! height (ft)

Cook	12,349
Tasman	11,467
Malte Brun	10,421
Sefton	10,390
Haidinger	10,178
De la Beche	10,058

This table remained the same in the two subsequent editions until 1924, when the secretary of the New Zealand Alpine Club had provided a fuller list of 16 mountains:^[7]

1924 yearbook († indicating new additions)! Mountain !! height (ft)

Cook	12,349
Tasman	11,467
Dampier†	11,287
Silberhorn†	10,757
Lendenfeld†	10,456
David's Dome†	10,443
Malte Brun	10,421
Teichelmann†	10,370
Sefton	10,354
Haast†	10,295
Elie de Beaumont†	10,200
Haidinger	10,178
Douglas Peak†	10,178
La Perouse†	10,101
De la Beche	10,058
The Minarets†	10,058

In the 1931 yearbook, Torres Peak was added to that list.^[8] Andy Anderson was the first to climb all 17 mountains by late December 1950.^{[9] [10]}

The 1931 list remained unchanged until the late 1950s, and was used as the starting point by mountaineer Gordon Hasell (1933–2018) to compile an amended list. Not all the mountains had been officially surveyed and Hasell added 12 new ones to the list that he considered likely to also reach the 10,000 feet mark and deleted 2 (De la Beche and The Minarets), making a total of 27 peaks. This list was published in the 1957 edition of the New Zealand Alpine Journal and stood for the next 25 years. It is shown here as published in geographical order from north-east to south-west.^{[11] [12]}

Hasell's 1957 list († indicating new additions)! Peak !! height as published (ft)

West Peak of Elie de Beaumont†	10,027
Elie de Beaumont	10,200
East Minaret	10,058
West Minaret†	10,022
Malte Brun	10,421
Douglas Peak	10,107
Mt. Haidinger, North Peak†
Mt. Haidinger	10,059
Mt. Haast, High Peak†	10,295
Mt. Haast, Middle Peak†
Mt. Haast, West Peak†
Lendenfeld Peak	10,503
Mt. Tasman	11,475
Torres Peak	10,376
Silberhorn	10,757
Mt. Graham†
Mt. Teichelmann	10,368
Mt. Magellan†
Mt. Malaspina†
Mt. Vancouver†
Mt. Dampier	11,287
Mt. Cook, High Peak	12,349
Mt. Cook, Middle Peak†	12,173
Mt. Cook, Low Peak†	11,787
Mt. Hicks	10,443
La Perouse	10,101
Mt. Sefton	10,359

External links

• • Mountains of New Zealand published by the New Zealand Alpine Club

Notes and References

1. News: Four ascents of Mt. Cook . 15 June 2023 . . XCIX . 29099 . 11 January 1960 . 11.
2. Web site: Gordon Hasell . . 15 June 2023 . 16 September 2021.
3. Web site: Oceania P5000s . Peaklist.org . 2008-02-08.
4. http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=122989 Brown Peak
5. http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=112883 Brown Peak
6. Book: Fraser . Malcolm . The New Zealand official year-book, 1921–22 . 1 March 1922 . Census and Statistics Office . 1921–22 .
7. Book: Fraser . Malcolm . The New Zealand official year-book, 1924 . 15 December 1923 . Census and Statistics Office . 1924 .
8. Book: Fraser . Malcolm . The New Zealand official year-book, 1931 . 15 December 1930 . Census and Statistics Office . 1931 .
9. Web site: Defining the highest mountains in New Zealand . Seeking The Light . 16 June 2023.
10. News: World climbing record . 16 June 2023 . . LXXXVI . 26309 . 2 January 1951 . 3.
11. Book: Wood . George . George Wood (New Zealand statistician) . The New Zealand official year-book, 1957 . 20 June 1957 . Department of Statistics . 1957 .
12. The Ten Thousand Foot Peaks . New Zealand Alpine Journal . 44 . 72–73 . 16 June 2023.