Mount Grey

Mount Grey is a 934-metre (3,065 ft) mountain 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) west of Amberley in New Zealand.[1] It is named after Sir George Grey who was governor of New Zealand when English surveyors climbed it in 1849.[2] In Te Reo Māori, the mountain is Maukatere, "floating mountain", from where the spirits of the dead leave on the long journey to Cape Reinga.[3]

Not to be confused with Mount Gray.

It is known as the mountain associated with the Kaiapoi-based Ngāi Tūāhuriri hapū of Ngai Tahu.[4] Maukatere marked the inland boundary of the Crown purchase of the Canterbury and Otago area recorded in "Kemp's Deed" in 1848.[5]

In 1998, the settling of the Ngāi Tahu Treaty claim updated the official name of the mountain to Mount Grey / Maukatere.[6][2]

References
  1. "Mt Grey/Maungatere walking tracks". Department of Conservation.
  2. "Place name detail: Mount Grey/Maukatere". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  3. "Mt Grey/Maungatere Forest". Department of Conservation.
  4. "Atlas — Cultural Mapping Project — Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu". www.kahurumanu.co.nz. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  5. "Protecting Ngai Tahu History — Cultural Mapping Project — Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu". www.kahurumanu.co.nz. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  6. "Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998" (pdf). Parliamentary Counsel Office.


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