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Story: Tapa whenua – naming places

Hikurangi and Aorangi mountain names

  • Hikurangi

  • Aorangi

Aorangi and Hikurangi are mountain names of special significance to Māori. This map shows the locations of mountains and mountain ranges in New Zealand named Aorangi or Hikurangi. 

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Rāwiri Taonui, Tapa whenua – naming places – Traditions and place names from Polynesia, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/18649/hikurangi-and-aorangi-mountain-names (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Rāwiri Taonui, published 9 June 2016.