List of mountains of New Zealand by height

The following are lists of mountains in New Zealand[lower-alpha 1] 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.

Aoraki / Mount Cook, located in New Zealand's South Island, is the highest point in the country

Mountains are referred to as maunga in the Māori language.

Named summits over 2,900 m

All summits over 2,900 metres (9,500 ft) 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 10-mile (16 km) 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[lower-alpha 2] Isolation Nearest higher peak
m ft m ft km miles
1 Aoraki / Mount Cook[lower-alpha 3] 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 Mount Graham 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 Mount Magellan 3,049 10,003 20 60 0.2 0.1 Mount Teichelmann
21 Malaspina 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 2,400 metres (7,900 ft) with a topographic prominence (drop) of at least 300 metres (980 ft), 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[lower-alpha 4]
1 Aoraki / Mount Cook 3,724 3,724 3,140 43°35′42″S 170°08′32″E 25 Dec 1894 Jack Clarke, Tom Fyfe, George Graham
2 Mount Tasman 3,497 519 3.2 43°33′57″S 170°09′26″E 5 Feb 1895 Jack Clarke, Edward FitzGerald, Matthias Zurbriggen
3 Malte Brun 3,199 780 11.3 43°33′44″S 170°18′18″E 7 Mar 1894 Tom Fyfe
4 Mount Sefton 3,151 1,063 10.9 43°40′57″S 170°02′32″E 14 Feb 1895 Edward FitzGerald, Matthias Zurbriggen
5 Mount Elie de Beaumont 3,109 648 8.8 43°28′54″S 170°19′41″E 15 Feb 1906 Peter Graham, Henrik Sillem
6 La Perouse 3,078 496 3.2 43°36′05″S 170°05′32″E 1 Feb 1906 Peter Graham, R S Low, Henry Newton, Ebenezer Teichelmann
7 Douglas Peak 3,077 318 2.7 43°32′30″S 170°12′09″E 28 Jan 1907 Alexander Graham, Henry Newton, Ebenezer Teichelmann
8 The Minarets 3,040 560 5.2 43°30′35″S 170°16′28″E 9 Feb 1897 Tom Fyfe, Malcolm Ross
9 Mount Aspiring / Tititea 3,033 2,471 130.6 44°23′03″S 168°43′41″E 23 Nov 1909 Bernard Head, Jack Clarke, Peter Graham
10 Mount Hamilton 3,025 340 1.6 43°33′16″S 170°19′46″E 1 Dec 1909 Laurence M Earle, Bernard Head, Jack Clarke, Peter Graham
11 Mount Chudleigh 2,966 483 3.2 43°35′14″S 170°16′43″E Jan 1911 Hugh Chambers, Freda Du Faur, Jim Murphy
12 Tapuae-o-Uenuku[lower-alpha 5][lower-alpha 6] 2,885 2,022 318.7 41°59′45″S 173°39′46″E Apr 1864 Nehemiah McRae and two others
13 Mount Alarm[lower-alpha 6] 2,877 315 2.6 42°00′34″S 173°38′15″E 1928 T H S Fyfe and I E Rawnsley
14 Mount D'Archiac 2,875 1,153 20.0 43°27′54″S 170°34′54″E 12 Mar 1910 Jim Dennistoun, Laurence Earle, Jack Clarke
15 Mount Earnslaw 2,830 1,359 36.3 44°37′20″S 168°24′38″E 16 Mar 1890 Harry Birley
16 Hochstetter Dome 2,827 392 2.1 43°30′09″S 170°20′57″E 27 Mar 1883 Anna and Robert von Lendenfeld, Harry Dew
17 Mount Hutton 2,822 662 7.3 43°36′16″S 170°23′29″E 17 Jan 1914 Conrad Kain, H. Otto Frind
18 Mount Sibbald 2,811 717 9.8 43°33′06″S 170°33′17″E 8 Jan 1917 Edgar Williams and William Kennedy
19 Ruapehu (Tahurangi Peak)[lower-alpha 7] 2,797 2,797 341.9 39°17′22″S 175°33′46″E Feb 1879 George Beetham, Joseph Maxwell
20 Mount Arrowsmith 2,781 911 34.2 43°21′25″S 170°58′42″E 4 Feb 1912 Hugh F. Wright and Jim P. Murphy
21 The Nun's Veil 2,749 559 11.3 43°41′36″S 170°14′51″E 4 Dec 1905 Peter Graham, Mick Collett, Dr Mackay,
22 Mount Burns 2,746 376 7.3 43°44′43″S 169°59′05″E 1909 B. Head, A. and P. Graham, Darby Thomson, L. Earle, J. Clarke
23 Mount Tūtoko 2,723 2,191 30.4 44°35′40″S 168°00′45″E 4 Mar 1924 Samuel Turner and Peter Graham
24 Jagged Peak 2,706 315 3.4 43°20′00″S 171°00′37″E Dec 1931 Evan Wilson, Andy Anderson, Doug Brough, Stan Barnett
25 Mount Hopkins 2,678 507 5.1 43°47′27″S 169°57′48″E 11 Mar 1914 Samuel Turner, Peter Graham, Frank Milne
26 Mount Mannering[lower-alpha 8] 2,669 446 4.6 43°29′12″S 170°24′40″E 7 Mar 1914 Conrad Kain, H. Otto Frind
26 Brodrick Peak[lower-alpha 8] 2,669 446 2.8 43°29′54″S 170°23′39″E Jan 1917 Will A. Kennedy, Jack Lipp
28 Mount Whitcombe 2,650 921 15.2 43°12′58″S 170°54′46″E 28 Dec 1931 Roger Chester, Alan Willis, Bill Mirams
29 Mount Ward 2,645 624 12.3 43°51′59″S 169°50′03″E Jan 1934 Selwyn Grave, E.A. Hogg, Edgar Williams
30 Rob Roy Peak 2,644 458 6.9 44°27′05″S 168°43′21″E 2 Mar 1935 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 43°47′49″S 169°45′20″E Mar 1935 Marjorie Edgar-Jones, Gladys Acton-Adams, Frank Alack, Tom Christie
32 Mount Hooker 2,640 1,201 7.6 43°49′51″S 169°40′27″E Dec 1928 Samuel Turner, Cyril Turner
33 Mount Moffat 2,638 500 4.5 43°27′41″S 170°27′20″E Jan 1933 A J Scott, Alf Brustad, Russell Fraser,
34 Red Peak * 2,637 307 2.6 43°18′51″S 170°59′22″E Jan 1933 H W (Sandy) Cormack, Lloyd Wilson
35 The Abbot 2,630 320 4.3 43°39′57″S 170°17′35″E
36 Mount Sealy 2,627 635 4.7 43°45′53″S 170°02′44″E 24 Jan 1895 Jack Clarke, C L Barrow, Edward FitzGerald, Matthias Zurbriggen
37 Mitre Peak 2,621 399 1.7 42°00′17″S 173°36′34″E Jan 1895 Alexander, Fowler, Neville, Moore
38 Mount Edward 2,620 1,145 11.1 44°27′59″S 168°35′05″E 1914 Bernard Head, Jack Clarke and Colin Ferrier
39 Mount Evans 2,620 522 3.5 43°11′08″S 170°55′33″E 1 Jan 1934 John D. Pascoe, Gavin Malcolmson, Priestley Thomson
40 Mount Lucia * 2,617 345 4.8 43°38′44″S 170°21′17″E Jan 1953 C S Brockett, S J Harris, N D Dench, N Feierabend
41 Sir William Peak 2,610 535 3.1 44°35′32″S 168°24′16″E Dec 1930 Jock A. Sim, V.J. Leader, Ken Grinling
42 Manakau 2,608 1,798 23.8 42°13′30″S 173°37′03″E 1874 James Ingram
43 Mount Avalanche 2,606 380 3.3 44°25′19″S 168°44′28″E Jan 1935 Dennis Leigh, Bill Walker & Jock Sim
44 Dilemma Peak 2,602 410 1.9 43°37′31″S 170°05′21″E 27 Mar 1914 Tom Fyfe, Conrad Kain
45 Mount Conrad 2,598 344 2.6 43°33′40″S 170°25′09″E 9 Mar 1914 Conrad Kain, H. Otto Frind
46 Mount Glenmary 2,590 585 12.7 43°58′35″S 169°52′41″E Nov 1934 Scott Gilkison, Ernie Presland, Harry Stevenson
47 Te ao Whekere 2,590 532 7.7 42°11′08″S 173°41′40″E
48 Mount Loughnan 2,590 360 3.4 43°26′03″S 170°28′32″E 29 Dec 1935 J Shanks, D A Carty, H Smith, L Dumbleton
49 Mount Head 2,585 480 4.4 44°33′23″S 168°25′47″E Mar 1914 Hugh Francis Wright
50 Mount Forbes 2,583 350 3.1 43°29′43″S 170°35′16″E Feb 1912 Hugh F. Wright and Jim P. Murphy
51 The Warrior 2,580 695 10.6 43°20′43″S 170°50′39″E Dec 1932 H W (Sandy) Cormack, Lloyd Wilson, Sidney (Archie) Wiren, E C A Ferrier
52 O'Leary Peak 2,570 306 0.8 44°36′45″S 168°24′36″E 1890 Harry Birley
53 Mount Acland 2,562 383 4.3 43°31′06″S 170°26′38″E 10 Mar 1914 Conrad Kain, H. Otto Frind
54 Mount Strachan 2,561 410 3.5 43°46′39″S 169°47′29″E Jan 1935 Marie Byles, Marjorie Edgar-Jones, Harry Ayres, Frank Alack
55 Mount Wolseley 2,558 305 3.9 43°25′46″S 170°31′23″E Dec 1920 Will Kennedy, Jack Lippe
56 Mauka Atua 2,557 540 10.8 43°52′43″S 170°01′28″E 1948 Norman Hardie
57 Mount William Grant 2,556 472 4.1 43°42′16″S 170°19′17″E
58 The South Thumb 2,546 730 14.2 43°35′35″S 170°43′37″E Feb 1922 Harold (Ned) Porter, Clive Barker, Hugh Chambers
59 Newton Peak 2,543 644 10.7 43°18′59″S 170°43′01″E 25 Dec 1933 LK Wilson, HW Cormack
60 Mount Williams 2,538 370 5.2 43°50′10″S 169°53′16″E Dec 1934 Doug Dick, E.W. Hullett, Harry Stevenson
61 Mount Pollux 2,536 1,127 19.9 44°13′56″S 168°52′25″E Jan 1934 E Miller, J S Shanks, G B Thomas, A J Scott, W Young & J Dumbleton
62 Mount Madeline 2,536 543 2.8 44°36′51″S 168°02′45″E 1920 Alf Cowling, Samuel Turner
63 Mount Maori 2,535 309 3.0 44°26′10″S 168°36′38″E 5 Mar 1935 Russell and Gordon Edwards, Ernie Smith, and Doug Knowles
64 Centaur Peaks E 2,525 1,001 12.7 44°38′07″S 168°34′30″E Feb 1914 Hugh F. Wright and J. Robertson
65 Mount Taranaki 2,518 2,308 128.5 39°17′46″S 174°03′50″E 23 Dec 1839 Ernst Dieffenbach & James Heberly
66 Mount Castor 2,518 303 1.5 44°13′16″S 168°53′02″E Mar 1937 C C Benzoni, L W Divers, R R & G L Edwards & D C Peters
67 Mount Lydia 2,517 527 6.0 44°27′56″S 168°30′22″E
68 Mount Brewster 2,516 938 35.7 44°03′56″S 169°27′00″E Jan 1929 C.Bentham, Cyril Turner, Samuel Turner
69 Malcolm Peak 2,512 521 5.3 43°17′59″S 170°49′01″E 8 Mar 1911 Ebenezer Teichelmann, Peter Graham, Jack Clarke
70 Mount Tewha / Headlong Peak 2,510 714 8.1 44°32′25″S 168°35′51″E 8 Jan 1958 Leo P. Mangos, G.W. Goodyear, P. Child
71 Alma 2,510 371 1.6 43°33′18″S 170°43′38″E Dec 1923 Harold (Ned) Porter, Hugh Chambers, Clive Barker
72 Mount Huxley 2,505 870 18.3 44°04′15″S 169°40′43″E Oct 1939 Scott Gilkison, Roland Rodda, Harry Stevenson, Rod Williams, Max Willis
73 Mount Ian 2,502 414 3.1 44°29′07″S 168°28′36″E 9 Mar 1933 Doug Knowles, Russell R. and Gordon L. Edwards
74 Dun Fiunary 2,500 395 4.1 43°56′43″S 170°01′16″E Apr 1939 Rex Booth, Reg Winn
75 Mount Glencairn 2,499 430 1.6 43°57′32″S 169°52′39″E Apr 1936 Jim Dawson, Jim Gilkison, Scott Gilkison, Christopher Johnson
76 Mount Tyndall 2,496 310 3.6 44°31′48″S 168°38′25″E 21 Feb 1936 Frank Wright and J R Simpson
77 McClure Peak 2,486 420 3.9 43°25′54″S 170°36′56″E Feb 1925 William A Kennedy, Jack Lippe
78 Blair Peak 2,486 410 3.6 43°16′55″S 170°51′19″E Dec 1932 H W (Sandy) Cormack, Lloyd Wilson, Sidney (Archie) Wiren
79 Lauper Peak 2,485 434 2.9 43°13′37″S 170°56′52″E Jan 1914 Fred Kitchingham, Charles Ward, Lawrence Gooch
80 Mount Ferguson 2,480 415 3.1 44°39′37″S 168°33′07″E
81 Mount Christina 2,474 1,076 42.5 44°47′35″S 168°02′54″E Jan 1925 G. M. Moir, W. G. Grave, K. Roberts, R. S. M. Sinclair, H. Slater
82 Mount Percy Smith 2,465 390 1.4 43°49′24″S 169°53′35″E Mar 1936 Lloyd Divers, Gordon Edwards, Russell Edwards, Ernie Smith
83 Hells Gates 2,459 555 5.4 43°44′50″S 170°21′27″E
84 Mount Barth 2,456 530 11.5 44°09′35″S 169°36′12″E Jan 1936 Lindsay Crozier, Jim Crozier, Bruce Gillies, Selwyn Grave
85 Fettes Peak 2,451 921 6.6 43°45′03″S 169°52′12″E Jan 1935 Archie Scott, Christopher Johnson, Scott Russell
86 Pt 2447 2,447 440 4.7 43°45′37″S 170°18′08″E
87 Climax Peak 2,446 697 9.3 44°27′24″S 168°21′55″E
88 Mount Kensington 2,444 634 6.6 43°17′29″S 170°38′20″E 28 Dec 1935 John D. Pascoe, AF Pearson, HA McDowall, HM Sweeney
89 Pt 2444 2,444 440 2.8 43°42′04″S 170°21′28″E
90 Mount Jackson 2,434 493 4.2 43°53′33″S 169°47′36″E Dec 1934 Jim Dawson, Christopher Johnson, Scott Russell
91 Kaimakamaka 2,431 370 4.2 43°58′36″S 170°03′05″E
92 Mount Radove 2,430 528 6.3 43°41′51″S 170°26′10″E
93 Mount Lambert 2,430 328 2.8 43°17′28″S 170°44′37″E 30 Dec 1933 LW Boot, IW Tucker and H Andrewes
94 Pt 2428 * 2,428 325 3.9 43°50′09″S 170°02′01″E
95 Mount Farrar 2,424 300 2.5 43°18′38″S 170°39′24″E 27 Dec 1935 N Barker, GDT Hall
96 The Marquee * 2,421 417 1.9 43°20′39″S 171°02′41″E Mar 1932 W. McBeth, R. Booth, W. Baker, C. Hilgendorf, R. & D. Twyneham
97 Tarahaka 2,414 365 2.7 42°09′25″S 173°42′58″E
98 Soloist Peak 2,414 325 3.0 44°02′23″S 169°42′02″E
99 Mount Allan Dick (Pt 2413) 2,413 353 6.6 44°43′13″S 168°33′12″E Dec 1953 J Harrison, B Waterhouse, L G Osborne, B H Williams
100 Mount Blackburn 2,409 459 7.0 43°45′22″S 170°12′06″E 1903 Jack Clarke, C J Bainbridge, W G Tennant
101 Mount Murchison 2,408 1,169 41.4 43°00′14″S 171°22′37″E Mar 1913 Charles K. Ward and Arthur E. Talbot
102 Mount Symons 2,408 405 3.6 42°02′00″S 173°34′11″E
103 Mount Chevalier * 2,404 494 5.1 43°34′09″S 170°39′05″E Dec 1941 Bob Clark-Hall, J L (Pat) Clark-Hall
104 Cloudy Peak 2,403 520 12.8 43°27′39″S 170°46′47″E Dec 1931 Bryan Barrer, Frank Askin
105 Trireme Peak NW 2,403 385 5.1 43°21′54″S 170°42′27″E Dec 1935 Neville Barker, Duncan Hall

Other notable mountains and hills

Over 2,000 metres
  • Te Heuheu – 2,732 m (8,963 ft)- highest peak in the north of the crater rim of Mount Ruapehu
  • Mount Strauchon – 2,391 m (7,844 ft)
  • Mount Bonpland – 2,343 m (7,687 ft)
  • Turner Peak – 2,341 m (7,680 ft)
  • Mount Franklin (Tasman) – 2,340 m (7,677 ft)
  • Mount Travers – 2,338 m (7,671 ft)
  • Mount Taylor – 2,333 m (7,654 ft)[5]
  • Double Cone – 2,319 m (7,608 ft)[5]
  • Mount Tūwhakarōria – 2,307 m (7,569 ft)
  • Somnus – 2,293 m (7,523 ft)
  • Mount Ngauruhoe – 2,287 m (7,503 ft)
  • Mount Hopeless – 2,278 m (7,474 ft)
  • Mount Rolleston – 2,275 m (7,464 ft)
  • Mount Aurum – 2,245 m (7,365 ft)
  • Faerie Queen – 2,236 m (7,336 ft)
  • Mount Paske – 2,216 m (7,270 ft)
  • Mount Adams – 2,208 m (7,244 ft)
  • Mount Awful – 2,192 m (7,192 ft)
  • Mount Hutt – 2,185 m (7,169 ft)
  • Mount Franklin (Canterbury) – 2,145 m (7,037 ft)
  • Mount Cloudsley – 2,107 m (6,913 ft)
  • Mount Olympus – 2,094 m (6,870 ft)
  • Dobson Peak – 2,095 m (6,873 ft)
  • David Peaks – 2,093 m (6,867 ft)
  • Mount Macfarlane – 2,077 m (6,814 ft)
  • Tooth Peak – 2,061 m (6,762 ft)
  • Mount Damfool – 2,030 m (6,660 ft)
  • Mount Dreadful – 2,030 m (6,660 ft)
  • Jane Peak – 2,022 m (6,634 ft)

1,000 to 2,000 metres
  • Castle Hill Peak – 1,998 m (6,555 ft)
  • Mount Tongariro – 1,978 m (6,490 ft)
  • Cecil Peak – 1,978 m (6,490 ft)
  • Mount Pisa – 1,963 m (6,440 ft)
  • Mount Cardrona – 1,936 m (6,352 ft)
  • Mount Ollivier – 1,933 m (6,342 ft)
  • Benmore Peak (Benmore Range) – 1,932 m (6,339 ft) (site of Benmore Peak Observatory)
  • Mount Owen – 1,875 m (6,152 ft)
  • Sutherlands Peak (Benmore Range) – 1,846 m (6,056 ft)
  • Totara Peak (Benmore Range) – 1,822 m (5,978 ft)
  • Walter Peak – 1,800 m (5,900 ft)
  • Mount Arthur – 1,795 m (5,889 ft)
  • Mount Hikurangi (Gisborne District) – 1,754 m (5,755 ft) (highest peak in the North Island, excluding volcanoes)
  • Ben Lomond – 1,751 m (5,745 ft)
  • Mount Peel – 1,743 m (5,719 ft)
  • Mount Mangaweka – 1,730 m (5,680 ft) (second highest peak in the North Island, excluding volcanoes)
  • Kaweka J (Kaweka Range) – 1,724 m (5,656 ft)
  • Mount Axford – 1,720 m (5,640 ft)
  • Brown Peak, Sturge Island (subantarctic island) – 1,705 m (5,594 ft)[6] or 1,524 m (5,000 ft)[7]
  • Mount Winterslow – 1,700 m (5,600 ft)
  • Mitre Peak – 1,692 m (5,551 ft)
  • Mount Somers / Te Kiekie – 1,688 m (5,538 ft)
  • Purple Hill (Lake Pearson, above Waimakariri Valley) – 1,680 m (5,510 ft)
  • Mount Pisgah – 1,643 m (5,390 ft) (highest peak of the Kakanui Range)
  • Roys Peak – 1,578 m (5,177 ft)
  • The Mitre (Tararua Range) – 1,571 m (5,154 ft)
  • Mount Hector (Tararua Range) – 1,529 m (5,016 ft)
  • Angle Knob (Tararua Range) – 1,510 m (4,950 ft)
  • Hauhungatahi – 1,521 m (4,990 ft)
  • Mount Lyndon – 1,489 m (4,885 ft)
  • Mid Dome – 1,478 m (4,849 ft)
  • Mount Luxmore – 1,472 m (4,829 ft)
  • Mount Holdsworth (Tararua Range) – 1,470 m (4,820 ft)
  • The Cairn (Benmore Range) – 1,464 m (4,803 ft)
  • Summit Peak – 1,450 m (4,760 ft) (highest point of the Rock and Pillar Range)
  • Mount Arowhana – 1,439 m (4,721 ft)
  • Jumbo Peak (Tararua Range) – 1,405 m (4,610 ft)
  • Pouakai (Pouakai Range) – 1,400 m (4,600 ft)
  • Mount Alfred – 1,375 m (4,511 ft)
  • Mount Oxford – 1,364 m (4,475 ft)
  • Young Island (subantarctic island) – 1,340 m (4,400 ft)
  • Mount Isobel (Hanmer, South Island) – 1,324 m (4,344 ft)
  • The Buscot (Benmore Range) – 1,245 m (4,085 ft)
  • Buckle Island (subantarctic island) – 1,239 m (4,065 ft)
  • Mount Noble – 1,220 m (4,000 ft)
  • Mount Te Kinga – 1,204 m (3,950 ft)
  • Mount Grono (Secretary Island) – 1,196 m (3,924 ft) (highest peak in main New Zealand chain not in the North or South Island)
  • Mount Pureora – 1,175 m (3,855 ft)
  • Mount Tarawera – 1,111 m (3,645 ft)
  • Mount Tauhara – 1,088 m (3,570 ft)
  • Mount John – 1,031 m (3,383 ft) (site of Mount John University Observatory)
  • Mount Thomas – 1,023 m (3,356 ft)

Under 1,000 metres
  • Mount Ross – 983 m (3,225 ft) (highest point in the Aorangi Range)
  • Mount Anglem – 979 m (3,212 ft) (highest peak on Stewart Island/Rakiura)
  • Mount Pirongia – 959 m (3,146 ft)
  • Mount Te Aroha – 952 m (3,123 ft) (highest point in the Kaimai Range)
  • Mount Matthews – 940 m (3,080 ft) (highest peak in Rimutaka Range)
  • Mount Herbert (Te Ahu Patiki) – 920 m (3,020 ft) (highest point on Banks Peninsula)
  • Wharite Peak – 920 m (3,020 ft)
  • Queenstown Hill – 907 m (2,976 ft)
  • Maungatua – 900 m (3,000 ft)
  • Moehau – 892 m (2,927 ft) (highest point on the Coromandel Peninsula)
  • Mount Graham – 829 m (2,720 ft)
  • Putauaki (Mount Edgecumbe) – 820 m (2,690 ft)
  • Maungatautari – 797 m (2,615 ft) (site of the Maungatautari Restoration Project)
  • Te Raupua – 781 m (2,562 ft) (highest point in Northland)
  • Tutamoe – 770 m (2,530 ft) (second highest point in Northland)
  • Tākaka Hill – 760 m (2,490 ft)
  • Ngongotahā – 757 m (2,484 ft)
  • Mount Karioi – 756 m (2,480 ft) (overlooks Raglan)
  • Swampy Summit – 739 m (2,425 ft) (highest remnant of the Dunedin Volcano)
  • Mount Hauturu on Little Barrier Island – 722 m (2,369 ft) (highest point in the Auckland Region)
  • Mount Wainui – 722 m (2,369 ft) (highest peak in Akatarawa Forest)
  • Mount Pye – 720 m (2,360 ft) (highest point in The Catlins)
  • Mount McKerrow – 706 m (2,316 ft)
  • Mount Dick (highest point in the Auckland Islands, on Adams Island) – 705 m (2,313 ft)
  • Kohukohunui (highest point in the Hunua Ranges) – 688 m (2,257 ft)
  • Patuha (New Zealand) (highest point in the Kaitake Range) – 684 m (2,244 ft)
  • Mount Cargill – 680 m (2,230 ft)
  • Flagstaff (Dunedin) – 666 m (2,185 ft)
  • Mount Clime – 665 m (2,182 ft)
  • Kahurānaki – 645 m (2,116 ft) Hawkes Bay Region
  • Mount Hikurangi (Northland) – 625 m (2,051 ft)
  • Mount Hobson (highest point on Great Barrier Island) – 621 m (2,037 ft)
  • Hokonui Hills – 600 m (2,000 ft)
  • Mount Honey (Campbell Island) – 558 m (1,831 ft)
  • Mount Karangahake (Hauraki District – 544 m (1,785 ft)
  • Castle Rock in the Coromandel Range – 525 metres (1,722 ft)
  • Moumoukai – 516 m (1,693 ft) (highest point in the Kermadec Islands, on Raoul Island)
  • Hawkins Hill, Wellington – 495 m (1,624 ft)
  • Te Heru o Kahukura / Sugarloaf (Christchurch) – 494 m (1,621 ft)
  • Kohinurākau (Hastings) – 490 m (1,610 ft)
  • Te Toiokawharu (highest point in the Waitākere Ranges) – 474 m (1,555 ft)
  • Saddle Hill (Dunedin) – 473 m (1,552 ft)
  • Rangituhi / Colonial Knob (Porirua, Wellington) – 468 m (1,535 ft)
  • Kakepuku (Waikato, North Island) – 449 m (1,473 ft)
  • Mount Kaukau (Wellington) – 445 m (1,460 ft)
  • Ruaotuwhenua (Waitākere Ranges, Auckland) – 440 m (1,440 ft)
  • Mount Charles – 408 m (1,339 ft) (highest point on the Otago Peninsula)
  • Mount Manaia (Whangarei) – 403 m (1,322 ft)
  • Te Mata Peak (Hastings) – 399 m (1,309 ft)
  • Signal Hill (Dunedin) – 393 m (1,289 ft)
  • Mayor Island / Tuhua – 355 m (1,165 ft)
  • Pukematekeo (Waitākere Ranges, Auckland) – 336 m (1,102 ft)
  • Whakaari / White Island – 321 m (1,053 ft)
  • Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu – 305 m (1,001 ft)
  • Te Ahumairangi – 301 m (988 ft)
  • Brooklyn Hill (Wellington) – 299 m (981 ft)
  • Maungatere Hill – 294 m (965 ft) (highest named point in the Chatham Islands)[lower-alpha 9]
  • Mangere – 286 m (938 ft) (highest point on Mangere Island)
  • Bluff Hill / Motupohue ("The Bluff", Bluff, Southland) – 265 m (869 ft)
  • Rangitoto Island – 260 m (850 ft)
  • Maunganui (Waiheke Island) – 231 m (758 ft)
  • Mount Maunganui – 230 m (750 ft)
  • Mount Victoria (Wellington) – 196 m (643 ft)
  • Maungawhau / Mount Eden (Auckland) – 196 m (643 ft)
  • Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill (Auckland) – 182 m (597 ft)
  • Paritutu (New Plymouth) – 156 m (512 ft)
  • Mount Wellington (Auckland) – 137 m (449 ft)
  • Mount Albert (Auckland) – 135 m (443 ft)
  • Roys Hill (Hastings) – 134 m (440 ft)
  • Mount Roskill (Auckland) – 110 m (360 ft)
  • Māngere Mountain – 107 m (351 ft)
  • Bluff Hill (Napier) – 101 m (331 ft)

Historical perspective

Prior to the introduction of the metric system in New Zealand, the mountains regarded as tall were those over 10,000 ft (3,000 m). 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.[lower-alpha 10][9]

1920–21 yearbook
Mountainheight (ft)
Cook12,349
Tasman11,467
Malte Brun10,421
Sefton10,390
Haidinger10,178
De la Beche10,058

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:[10]

1924 yearbook († indicating new additions)
Mountainheight (ft)
Cook12,349
Tasman11,467
Dampier†11,287
Silberhorn†10,757
Lendenfeld†10,456
David's Dome†[lower-alpha 11]10,443
Malte Brun10,421
Teichelmann†10,370
Sefton10,354
Haast†10,295
Elie de Beaumont†10,200
Haidinger10,178
Douglas Peak†10,178
La Perouse†10,101
De la Beche10,058
The Minarets†10,058

In the 1931 yearbook, Torres Peak was added to that list.[11] Andy Anderson was the first to climb all 17 mountains by late December 1950.[12][13]

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.[12][14][15]

Hasell's 1957 list († indicating new additions)
Peakheight as published (ft)
West Peak of Elie de Beaumont†10,027
Elie de Beaumont10,200
East Minaret10,058
West Minaret†10,022
Malte Brun10,421
Douglas Peak10,107
Mt. Haidinger, North Peak†
Mt. Haidinger10,059
Mt. Haast, High Peak†10,295
Mt. Haast, Middle Peak†
Mt. Haast, West Peak†
Lendenfeld Peak10,503
Mt. Tasman11,475
Torres Peak10,376
Silberhorn10,757
Mt. Graham†
Mt. Teichelmann10,368
Mt. Magellan†
Mt. Malaspina†
Mt. Vancouver†
Mt. Dampier11,287
Mt. Cook, High Peak12,349
Mt. Cook, Middle Peak†12,173
Mt. Cook, Low Peak†11,787
Mt. Hicks10,443
La Perouse10,101
Mt. Sefton10,359

Footnotes
  1. These lists exclude mountains in the Ross Dependency, an area of Antarctica claimed by and administered by New Zealand, though could include the similarly claimed and administered Balleny Islands. These claims are in abeyance, in accord with the Antarctic Treaty. If mountains in the Ross Dependency were included in this list, several notable peaks would appear in the upper part of this list, including Mount Erebus which, at 3,795 metres (12,451 ft), would outrank Aoraki / Mount Cook, and the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land.
  2. In the absence of a height for the key col, the prominence is estimated from contour lines and presented in italics.
  3. The high peak of Aoraki was 3,764 m or 12,349 ft high until 14 December 1991, when a massive rock/ice collapse broke off 10 m (33 ft). Subsequent erosion of the exposed ice cap reduced its height by a further 30 m (98 ft) as of November 2013.[3]
  4. First ascent dates and parties were mostly extracted from the National Route database at Climb NZ.[4]
  5. Highest peak outside the Southern Alps
  6. In the Inland Kaikōura Range
  7. Highest peak on the North Island
  8. Brodrick Peak and Mount Mannering are equally high summits separated by the 2,400 m Whataroa Saddle (269 m drop)
  9. An unnamed point to the southwest of Maungatere Hill rises to 299 m (981 ft).
  10. The 1920 edition does not contain a list of mountains.[8]
  11. In subsequent lists, Saint David's Dome is referred to as Mount Hicks

References
  1. "Four ascents of Mt. Cook". The Press. Vol. XCIX, no. 29099. 11 January 1960. p. 11. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  2. "Gordon Hasell". Timaru District Council. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  3. "Otago-led study revises height of Aoraki/Mt Cook". University of Otago. 16 January 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  4. "NZ". ClimbNZ. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  5. "Oceania P5000s". Peaklist.org. Retrieved 8 February 2008.
  6. Brown Peak, Composite Gazeetter of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. US source.
  7. Brown Peak, Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. NZ source.
  8. Fraser, Malcolm (25 February 1921). The New Zealand official year-book, 1920 (1920 ed.). Census and Statistics Office.
  9. Fraser, Malcolm (1 March 1922). The New Zealand official year-book, 1921–22 (1921–22 ed.). Census and Statistics Office.
  10. Fraser, Malcolm (15 December 1923). The New Zealand official year-book, 1924 (1924 ed.). Census and Statistics Office.
  11. Fraser, Malcolm (15 December 1930). The New Zealand official year-book, 1931 (1931 ed.). Census and Statistics Office.
  12. "Defining the highest mountains in New Zealand". Seeking The Light. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  13. "World climbing record". The Press. Vol. LXXXVI, no. 26309. 2 January 1951. p. 3. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  14. Wood, George (20 June 1957). The New Zealand official year-book, 1957 (1957 ed.). Department of Statistics.
  15. "The Ten Thousand Foot Peaks". New Zealand Alpine Journal. 44: 72–73. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
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