List of mountains of New Zealand by height
The following are lists of mountains in New Zealand ordered by height. Names, heights, topographic prominence and isolation, and coordinates were extracted from the official Land Information New Zealand Topo50 topographic maps at the site.
Mountains are referred to as maunga in the Māori language.
Named summits over 2,900 m
All summits over are within the Southern Alps, a chain that forms the backbone of the South Island, and all but one are within a 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. The achievement mentions 27 peaks and it thus counts individual peaks that may make up one mountain, e.g. Mount Haast has three individual peaks that are all above that height.
The 100 highest mountains
These are all the mountains over with a topographic prominence of at least, closely matching those on the 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 and Mount Taranaki — are in the South Island. Tapuae-o-Uenuku, in the Kaikōura Ranges, is the highest peak outside the Southern Alps.| Rank | Mountain | Height | Drop | Isol. | Coordinates | First ascent | First ascent party |
| 1 | Aoraki / Mount Cook | 3,724 | 3,724 | 3,140 | Jack Clarke, Tom Fyfe, George Graham | ||
| 2 | Mount Tasman | 3,497 | 519 | 3.2 | Jack Clarke, Edward FitzGerald, Matthias Zurbriggen | ||
| 3 | Malte Brun | 3,199 | 780 | 11.3 | Tom Fyfe | ||
| 4 | Mount Sefton | 3,151 | 1,063 | 10.9 | Edward FitzGerald, Matthias Zurbriggen | ||
| 5 | Mount Elie de Beaumont | 3,109 | 648 | 8.8 | Peter Graham, Henrik Sillem | ||
| 6 | La Perouse | 3,078 | 496 | 3.2 | Peter Graham, R S Low, Henry Newton, Ebenezer Teichelmann | ||
| 7 | Douglas Peak | 3,077 | 318 | 2.7 | Alexander Graham, Henry Newton, Ebenezer Teichelmann | ||
| 8 | The Minarets | 3,040 | 560 | 5.2 | Tom Fyfe, Malcolm Ross | ||
| 9 | Mount Aspiring / Tititea | 3,033 | 2,471 | 130.6 | Bernard Head, Jack Clarke, Peter Graham | ||
| 10 | Mount Hamilton | 3,025 | 340 | 1.6 | Laurence M Earle, Bernard Head, Jack Clarke, Peter Graham | ||
| 11 | Mount Chudleigh | 2,966 | 483 | 3.2 | Hugh Chambers, Freda Du Faur, Jim Murphy | ||
| 12 | Tapuae-o-Uenuku | 2,885 | 2,022 | 318.7 | Nehemiah McRae and two others | ||
| 13 | Mount Alarm | 2,877 | 315 | 2.6 | T H S Fyfe and I E Rawnsley | ||
| 14 | Mount D'Archiac | 2,875 | 1,153 | 20.0 | Jim Dennistoun, Laurence Earle, Jack Clarke | ||
| 15 | Mount Earnslaw | 2,830 | 1,359 | 36.3 | Harry Birley | ||
| 16 | Hochstetter Dome | 2,827 | 392 | 2.1 | Anna and Robert von Lendenfeld, Harry Dew | ||
| 17 | Mount Hutton | 2,822 | 662 | 7.3 | Conrad Kain, H. Otto Frind | ||
| 18 | Mount Sibbald | 2,811 | 717 | 9.8 | Edgar Williams and William Kennedy | ||
| 19 | Ruapehu | 2,797 | 2,797 | 341.9 | George Beetham, Joseph Maxwell | ||
| 20 | Mount Arrowsmith | 2,781 | 911 | 34.2 | Hugh F. Wright and Jim P. Murphy | ||
| 21 | The Nuns Veil | 2,749 | 559 | 11.3 | Peter Graham, Mick Collett, Dr Mackay, | ||
| 22 | Mount Burns | 2,746 | 376 | 7.3 | B. Head, A. and P. Graham, Darby Thomson, L. Earle, J. Clarke | ||
| 23 | Mount Tūtoko | 2,723 | 2,191 | 30.4 | Samuel Turner and Peter Graham | ||
| 24 | Jagged Peak | 2,706 | 315 | 3.4 | Evan Wilson, Andy Anderson, Doug Brough, Stan Barnett | ||
| 25 | Mount Hopkins | 2,678 | 507 | 5.1 | Samuel Turner, Peter Graham, Frank Milne | ||
| 26 | Mount Mannering | 2,669 | 446 | 4.6 | Conrad Kain, H. Otto Frind | ||
| 26 | Brodrick Peak | 2,669 | 446 | 2.8 | Will A. Kennedy, Jack Lipp | ||
| 28 | Mount Whitcombe | 2,650 | 921 | 15.2 | Roger Chester, Alan Willis, Bill Mirams | ||
| 29 | Mount Ward | 2,645 | 624 | 12.3 | Selwyn Grave, E.A. Hogg, Edgar Williams | ||
| 30 | Rob Roy Peak | 2,644 | 458 | 6.9 | 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 | Marjorie Edgar-Jones, Gladys Acton-Adams, Frank Alack, Tom Christie | ||
| 32 | Mount Hooker | 2,640 | 1,201 | 7.6 | Samuel Turner, Cyril Turner | ||
| 33 | Mount Moffat | 2,638 | 500 | 4.5 | A J Scott, Alf Brustad, Russell Fraser, | ||
| 34 | Red Peak * | 2,637 | 307 | 2.6 | H W Cormack, Lloyd Wilson | ||
| 35 | The Abbot | 2,630 | 320 | 4.3 | Peter Graham, I. Chambers, B. Holdsworth, D. Theomin | ||
| 36 | Mount Sealy | 2,627 | 635 | 4.7 | Jack Clarke, C L Barrow, Edward FitzGerald, Matthias Zurbriggen | ||
| 37 | Mitre Peak | 2,621 | 399 | 1.7 | Alexander, Fowler, Neville, Moore | ||
| 38 | Mount Edward | 2,620 | 1,145 | 11.1 | Bernard Head, Jack Clarke and Colin Ferrier | ||
| 39 | Mount Evans | 2,620 | 522 | 3.5 | John D. Pascoe, Gavin Malcolmson, Priestley Thomson | ||
| 40 | Mount Lucia * | 2,617 | 345 | 4.8 | C S Brockett, S J Harris, N D Dench, N Feierabend | ||
| 41 | Sir William Peak | 2,610 | 535 | 3.1 | Jock A. Sim, V.J. Leader, Ken Grinling | ||
| 42 | Manakau | 2,608 | 1,798 | 23.8 | James Ingram | ||
| 43 | Mount Avalanche | 2,606 | 380 | 3.3 | Dennis Leigh, Bill Walker & Jock Sim | ||
| 44 | Dilemma Peak | 2,602 | 410 | 1.9 | Tom Fyfe, Conrad Kain | ||
| 45 | Mount Conrad | 2,598 | 344 | 2.6 | Conrad Kain, H. Otto Frind | ||
| 46 | Mount Glenmary | 2,590 | 585 | 12.7 | Scott Gilkison, Ernie Presland, Harry Stevenson | ||
| 47 | Te ao Whekere | 2,590 | 532 | 7.7 | |||
| 48 | Mount Loughnan | 2,590 | 360 | 3.4 | J Shanks, D A Carty, H Smith, L Dumbleton | ||
| 49 | Mount Head | 2,585 | 480 | 4.4 | Hugh Francis Wright | ||
| 50 | Mount Forbes | 2,583 | 350 | 3.1 | Hugh F. Wright and Jim P. Murphy | ||
| 51 | The Warrior | 2,580 | 695 | 10.6 | H W Cormack, Lloyd Wilson, Sidney Wiren, E C A Ferrier | ||
| 52 | O'Leary Peak | 2,570 | 306 | 0.8 | Harry Birley | ||
| 53 | Mount Acland | 2,562 | 383 | 4.3 | Conrad Kain, H. Otto Frind | ||
| 54 | Mount Strachan | 2,561 | 410 | 3.5 | Marie Byles, Marjorie Edgar-Jones, Harry Ayres, Frank Alack | ||
| 55 | Mount Wolseley | 2,558 | 305 | 3.9 | Will Kennedy, Jack Lippe | ||
| 56 | Mauka Atua | 2,557 | 540 | 10.8 | Norman Hardie | ||
| 57 | Mount William Grant | 2,556 | 472 | 4.1 | Mark Flintoft, Lee Burberry | ||
| 58 | The South Thumb | 2,546 | 730 | 14.2 | Harold Porter, Clive Barker, Hugh Chambers | ||
| 59 | Newton Peak | 2,543 | 644 | 10.7 | LK Wilson, HW Cormack | ||
| 60 | Mount Williams | 2,538 | 370 | 5.2 | Doug Dick, E.W. Hullett, Harry Stevenson | ||
| 61 | Mount Pollux | 2,536 | 1,127 | 19.9 | E Miller, J S Shanks, G B Thomas, A J Scott, W Young & J Dumbleton | ||
| 62 | Mount Madeline | 2,536 | 543 | 2.8 | Alf Cowling, Samuel Turner | ||
| 63 | Mount Maori | 2,535 | 309 | 3.0 | Russell and Gordon Edwards, Ernie Smith, and Doug Knowles | ||
| 64 | Centaur Peaks E | 2,525 | 1,001 | 12.7 | Hugh F. Wright and J. Robertson | ||
| 65 | Mount Taranaki | 2,518 | 2,308 | 128.5 | Ernst Dieffenbach & James Heberly | ||
| 66 | Mount Castor | 2,518 | 303 | 1.5 | C C Benzoni, L W Divers, R R & G L Edwards & D C Peters | ||
| 67 | Mount Lydia | 2,517 | 527 | 6.0 | |||
| 68 | Mount Brewster | 2,516 | 938 | 35.7 | C.Bentham, Cyril Turner, Samuel Turner | ||
| 69 | Malcolm Peak | 2,512 | 521 | 5.3 | Ebenezer Teichelmann, Peter Graham, Jack Clarke | ||
| 70 | Mount Tewha / Headlong Peak | 2,510 | 714 | 8.1 | Leo P. Mangos, G.W. Goodyear, P. Child | ||
| 71 | Alma | 2,510 | 371 | 1.6 | Harold Porter, Hugh Chambers, Clive Barker | ||
| 72 | Mount Huxley | 2,505 | 870 | 18.3 | Scott Gilkison, Roland Rodda, Harry Stevenson, Rod Williams, Max Willis | ||
| 73 | Mount Ian | 2,502 | 414 | 3.1 | Doug Knowles, Russell R. and Gordon L. Edwards | ||
| 74 | Dun Fiunary | 2,500 | 395 | 4.1 | Rex Booth, Reg Winn | ||
| 75 | Mount Glencairn | 2,499 | 430 | 1.6 | Jim Dawson, Jim Gilkison, Scott Gilkison, Christopher Johnson | ||
| 76 | Mount Tyndall | 2,496 | 310 | 3.6 | Frank Wright and J R Simpson | ||
| 77 | McClure Peak | 2,486 | 420 | 3.9 | William A Kennedy, Jack Lippe | ||
| 78 | Blair Peak | 2,486 | 410 | 3.6 | H W Cormack, Lloyd Wilson, Sidney Wiren | ||
| 79 | Lauper Peak | 2,485 | 434 | 2.9 | Fred Kitchingham, Charles Ward, Lawrence Gooch | ||
| 80 | Mount Ferguson | 2,480 | 415 | 3.1 | |||
| 81 | Mount Christina | 2,474 | 1,076 | 42.5 | G. M. Moir, W. G. Grave, K. Roberts, R. S. M. Sinclair, H. Slater | ||
| 82 | Mount Percy Smith | 2,465 | 390 | 1.4 | Lloyd Divers, Gordon Edwards, Russell Edwards, Ernie Smith | ||
| 83 | Hells Gates | 2,459 | 555 | 5.4 | |||
| 84 | Mount Barth | 2,456 | 530 | 11.5 | Lindsay Crozier, Jim Crozier, Bruce Gillies, Selwyn Grave | ||
| 85 | Fettes Peak | 2,451 | 921 | 6.6 | Archie Scott, Christopher Johnson, Scott Russell | ||
| 86 | Pt 2447 | 2,447 | 440 | 4.7 | |||
| 87 | Climax Peak | 2,446 | 697 | 9.3 | |||
| 88 | Mount Kensington | 2,444 | 634 | 6.6 | John D. Pascoe, AF Pearson, HA McDowall, HM Sweeney | ||
| 89 | Pt 2444 | 2,444 | 440 | 2.8 | |||
| 90 | Mount Jackson | 2,434 | 493 | 4.2 | Jim Dawson, Christopher Johnson, Scott Russell | ||
| 91 | Kaimakamaka | 2,431 | 370 | 4.2 | |||
| 92 | Mount Radove | 2,430 | 528 | 6.3 | |||
| 93 | Mount Lambert | 2,430 | 328 | 2.8 | LW Boot, IW Tucker and H Andrewes | ||
| 94 | Pt 2428 * | 2,428 | 325 | 3.9 | |||
| 95 | Mount Farrar | 2,424 | 300 | 2.5 | N Barker, GDT Hall | ||
| 96 | The Marquee * | 2,421 | 417 | 1.9 | W. McBeth, R. Booth, W. Baker, C. Hilgendorf, R. & D. Twyneham | ||
| 97 | Tarahaka | 2,414 | 365 | 2.7 | |||
| 98 | Soloist Peak | 2,414 | 325 | 3.0 | |||
| 99 | Mount Allan Dick | 2,413 | 353 | 6.6 | J Harrison, B Waterhouse, L G Osborne, B H Williams | ||
| 100 | Mount Blackburn | 2,409 | 459 | 7.0 | Jack Clarke, C J Bainbridge, W G Tennant | ||
| 101 | Mount Murchison | 2,408 | 1,169 | 41.4 | Charles K. Ward and Arthur E. Talbot | ||
| 102 | Mount Symons | 2,408 | 405 | 3.6 | |||
| 103 | Mount Chevalier * | 2,404 | 494 | 5.1 | Bob Clark-Hall, J L Clark-Hall | ||
| 104 | Cloudy Peak | 2,403 | 520 | 12.8 | Bryan Barrer, Frank Askin | ||
| 105 | Trireme Peak NW | 2,403 | 385 | 5.1 | Neville Barker, Duncan Hall |
Other notable mountains and hills
Over 2,000 metres
- Mount Green –
- Mount Spencer –
- The Footstool –
- Mount Rudolf –
- Te Heuheu – - highest peak in the north of the crater rim of Mount Ruapehu
- Mount Thomson –
- Mount Jervois –
- North Peak –
- Mount Isabel –
- Glentanner Peak –
- Pluto Peak –
- Mount Cran –
- Mount Strauchon –
- Mount Edgar Thomson –
- Mount Ross –
- Mount Alba –
- Mount Bonpland –
- Turner Peak –
- Mount Franklin –
- Mount Travers –
- Mount Taylor –
- Du Faur Peak –
- Double Cone –
- Te Wera Peak –
- Mount Tūwhakarōria –
- Pyramid Peak –
- Somnus –
- Black Peak –
- Mount Ngauruhoe –
- Mount Davie –
- Mount Hopeless –
- Mount Rolleston –
- Mount Crosscut –
- Mount Aurum –
- Taiaha Peak –
- Lyttle Peak –
- Faerie Queene –
- Poseidon Peak –
- Mount Harper –
- Mount Underwood –
- Gloriana Peak –
- Mount Paske –
- Mount Adams –
- Karetai Peak –
- Mount Awful –
- Mount Hutt –
- Ngatimamoe Peak –
- Mount Gizeh –
- Sabre Peak –
- Mount Rosa –
- Alice Peak –
- Mount Turner –
- Mount Franklin –
- Mount Cloudsley –
- Mount Talbot –
- Dobson Peak –
- Mount Suter –
- Mount Olympus –
- David Peaks –
- Tuhawaiki Mountain–
- Mount Macfarlane –
- Tooth Peak –
- Mount Oates –
- Mount Gunn –
- Mount Guinevere –
- Thesis Peak –
- Mount Wilson –
- Mount Damfool –
- Mount Dreadful –
- Jane Peak –
- Mount Scott –
1,000 to 2,000 metres
- Castle Hill Peak –
- Mount Chaos –
- Mount Elliot –
- Mount Tongariro –
- Cecil Peak –
- Jean Batten Peak –
- Mount Belle –
- Mount Moir –
- Phipps Peak –
- Mount Pisa –
- Dome –
- Mount Cardrona –
- Mount Stewart –
- Mount Ollivier –
- Benmore Peak –
- Blimit –
- Falling Mountain –
- Mount Lyttle –
- Mount Owen –
- Access Peak –
- Mount Eglinton –
- Mount Balloon –
- Sutherlands Peak –
- Mount Bealey –
- Mount Ajax –
- Mills Peak –
- Totara Peak –
- Odyssey Peak –
- Mount Foweraker –
- Walter Peak –
- Mount Arthur –
- Coronation Peak–
- Mount Hikurangi –
- Ben Lomond –
- Mount Peel –
- Mount Mangaweka –
- Kaweka J –
- Mount Axford –
- Mount Williams –
- Brown Peak, Sturge Island – or
- Mount Winterslow –
- Mitre Peak –
- Mount Somers / Te Kiekie –
- Purple Hill –
- Mount Pisgah –
- Roys Peak –
- The Mitre –
- Mount Hector –
- Angle Knob –
- Hauhungatahi –
- Mount Danae –
- Mount Lyndon –
- Mid Dome –
- Mount Luxmore –
- Mount Holdsworth –
- The Cairn –
- Summit Peak –
- Mount Philipps –
- Mount Arowhana –
- Jumbo Peak –
- Pouākai –
- Mount Alfred –
- Mount Oxford –
- Young Island –
- Mount Isobel –
- The Buscot –
- Buckle Island –
- Mount Noble –
- Mount Te Kinga –
- Mount Grono –
- Mount Pureora –
- Mount Tarawera –
- Mount Tauhara –
- Mount Studholme –
- Mount John –
- Mount Thomas –
Under 1,000 metres
- Mount Ross –
- Mount Anglem / Hananui –
- Mount Pirongia –
- Mount Te Aroha –
- Mount Matthews –
- Mount Herbert –
- Wharite Peak –
- Queenstown Hill –
- Maungatua –
- Moehau –
- Mount Graham –
- Putauaki –
- Maungatautari –
- Te Raupua –
- Tutamoe –
- Tākaka Hill –
- Ngongotahā –
- Mount Karioi –
- Swampy Summit –
- Mount Hauturu on Little Barrier Island –
- Mount Wainui –
- Mount Pye –
- Mount McKerrow –
- Mount Dick –
- Kohukohunui –
- Patuha –
- Mount Cargill –
- Flagstaff –
- Mount Clime –
- Kahurānaki – Hawkes Bay Region
- Mount Hikurangi –
- Mount Hobson –
- Hokonui Hills –
- Mount Honey –
- Mount Karangahake |Castle Rock] in the Coromandel Range –
- Moumoukai –
- Hawkins Hill, Wellington –
- Te Heru o Kahukura / Sugarloaf –
- Kohinurākau –
- Te Toiokawharu –
- Saddle Hill –
- Rangituhi / Colonial Knob –
- Kakepuku –
- Mount Kaukau –
- Ruaotuwhenua –
- Mount Charles –
- Mount Manaia –
- Te Mata Peak –
- Signal Hill –
- Mayor Island / Tuhua –
- Pukematekeo –
- Whakaari / White Island –
- Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu –
- Te Ahumairangi –
- Brooklyn Hill –
- Maungatere Hill –
- Mangere Island|Mangere] –
- Bluff Hill / Motupohue –
- Rangitoto Island –
- Maunganui –
- Mount Maunganui –
- Mount Victoria –
- Maungawhau / Mount Eden –
- Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill –
- Paritutu –
- Mount Wellington –
- Mount Albert –
- Roys Hill –
- Mount Roskill –
- Māngere Mountain –
- Bluff Hill –
Historical perspective
| Mountain | height |
| Cook | 12,349 |
| Tasman | 11,467 |
| Malte Brun | 10,421 |
| Sefton | 10,390 |
| Haidinger | 10,178 |
| De la Beche | 10,058 |
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:
| Mountain | height |
| Cook | 12,349 |
| Tasman | 11,467 |
| Dampier† | 11,287 |
| Silberhorn† | 10,757 |
| Lendenfeld† | 10,456 |
| David's Dome† | 10,443 |
| Malte Brun | 10,421 |
| Teichelmann† | 10,370 |
| Sefton | 10,354 |
| Haast† | 10,295 |
| Elie de Beaumont† | 10,200 |
| Haidinger | 10,178 |
| Douglas Peak† | 10,178 |
| La Perouse† | 10,101 |
| De la Beche | 10,058 |
| The Minarets† | 10,058 |
In the 1931 yearbook, Torres Peak was added to that list. Andy Anderson was the first to climb all 17 mountains by late December 1950.
The 1931 list remained unchanged until the late 1950s, and was used as the starting point by mountaineer Gordon Hasell 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, 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.
| Peak | height as published |
| West Peak of Elie de Beaumont† | 10,027 |
| Elie de Beaumont | 10,200 |
| East Minaret | 10,058 |
| West Minaret† | 10,022 |
| Malte Brun | 10,421 |
| Douglas Peak | 10,107 |
| Mt. Haidinger, North Peak† | |
| Mt. Haidinger | 10,059 |
| Mt. Haast, High Peak† | 10,295 |
| Mt. Haast, Middle Peak† | |
| Mt. Haast, West Peak† | |
| Lendenfeld Peak | 10,503 |
| Mt. Tasman | 11,475 |
| Torres Peak | 10,376 |
| Silberhorn | 10,757 |
| Mt. Graham† | |
| Mt. Teichelmann | 10,368 |
| Mt. Magellan† | |
| Mt. Malaspina† | |
| Mt. Vancouver† | |
| Mt. Dampier | 11,287 |
| Mt. Cook, High Peak | 12,349 |
| Mt. Cook, Middle Peak† | 12,173 |
| Mt. Cook, Low Peak† | 11,787 |
| Mt. Hicks | 10,443 |
| La Perouse | 10,101 |
| Mt. Sefton | 10,359 |