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Mount Herbert (Canterbury)
Summit in New Zealand
Mount Herbert / Te Ahu Pātiki is, at 919 metres (3,015 ft), the highest peak on Banks Peninsula, New Zealand.[1] It is south of Lyttelton Harbour with the township of Diamond Harbour at its northern foot.
The peak is named after Sidney Herbert, a member of the Canterbury Association.[2] The official name of the peak was amended to become a dual name by the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998.[3]
In the 1860s, the mountain gave its name to a general electorate for some years. In the 1865 electoral redistribution, the Mount Herbert electorate was formed; it was first used in the 1866 election. In the 1870 electoral redistribution, the electorate was abolished.[4]