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Mount Grey

Mount Grey

Mountain in New Zealand

Not to be confused with Mount Gray.

Mount Grey (officially Mount Grey / Maukatere) is a 934-metre (3,065 ft) mountain 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) west of Amberley in New Zealand.[3] It is named after Sir George Grey who was governor of New Zealand when English surveyors climbed it in 1849.[4] In Te Reo Māori, the mountain is called Maukatere, 'floating mountain', from where the spirits of the dead leave on the long journey to Cape Reinga.[2]

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Maukatere is a significant mountain for the Kaiapoi-based Ngāi Tūāhuriri, a hapū (subtribe) of Ngāi Tahu.[5] Maukatere marked the inland boundary of the Crown purchase of the Canterbury and Otago area recorded in "Kemp's Deed" in 1848.[6]

In 1998, the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998 changed the official name of the mountain to Mount Grey / Maukatere.[7][4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Place name detail: 21 November 2021". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board.
  2. [2]
    "Mount Grey/Maukatere Conservation Area". www.doc.govt.nz. Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  3. [3]
    "Mt Grey/Maungatere walking tracks". Department of Conservation.
  4. [4]
    "Place name detail: Mount Grey/Maukatere". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
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    "Atlas — Cultural Mapping Project — Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu". www.kahurumanu.co.nz. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  6. [6]
    "Protecting Ngai Tahu History — Cultural Mapping Project — Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu". www.kahurumanu.co.nz. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  7. [7]
    "Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998" (pdf). Parliamentary Counsel Office.



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