Highest Mountains in New Zealand

The 30 highest mountains - NZ’s 30 highest mountains are all contained within the Southern Alps, a chain which forms the backbone of the South Island.

Aoraki/Mount Cook - 3754 m (12,316 ft)

Mount Tasman - 3498 m (11,476 ft)

Mount Dampier - 3440 m (11,286 ft)

Mount Silberhorn - 3279 m (10,758 ft)

Mount Lendenfeld - 3201 m (10,502 ft)

Mount Hicks - 3183 m (10,443 ft)

Mount Malte-Brun - 3176 m (10,420 ft)

Mount Torres - 3163 m (10,377 ft)

Mount Teichelmann - 3160 m (10,367 ft)

Mount Sefton - 3157 m (10,358 ft)

Mount Haast - 3138 m (10,295 ft)

Mount Elie de Beaumont - 3109 m (10,200 ft)

Mount Douglas Peak - 3081 m (10,108 ft)

Mount La Perouse - 3079 m (10,102 ft)

Mount Haidinger - 3066 m (10, 059 ft)

The Minarets - 3065 m (10,056 ft)

Mount Aspiring - 3033 m (9951 ft)

Mount Hamilton - 3022 m (9915 ft)

Glacier Peak - 3007 m (9865 ft)

Mount De La Beche - 2992 m (9816 ft)

Aiguilles Rouges - 2966 m (9731 ft)

Mount Nazomi - 2962 m (9718 ft)

Mount Darwin - 2961 m (9715 ft)

Mount Chudliegh - 2952 m (9685 ft)

Mount Annan, New Zealand - 2947 m (9669 ft)

Mount Low - 2942 m (9652 ft)

Mount Haeckel - 2941 m (9649 ft)

Mount Goldsmith - 2905 m (9531 ft)

Conway Peak - 2901 m (9518 ft)

Bristol Top - 2898 m (9508 ft)

Other prominent mountains and hills

Over 2000 metres

Tapuae-o-Uenuku - 2880 m (9449 ft) (highest peak outside the Southern Alps)

Hochstetter Dome - 2822 m (9259 ft)

Tahurangi, Ruapehu - 2797 m (9177 ft) (highest peak in the North Island)

Mount Tutoko - 2756 m (9042 ft)

Te Heuheu, Ruapehu - 2755 m (9039 ft)

Paretetaitonga, Ruapehu - 2751 m (9026 ft)

Mount Hopkins - 2682 m (8799 ft)

Mount Taranaki or Mount Egmont - 2518 m (8261 ft)

Double Cone - 2340 m (7677 ft)

Ben Nevis - 2330 m (7644 ft)

Mount Ngauruhoe - 2291 m (7516 ft)

Mount Rolleston - 2275 m (7464 ft)

Mount Adams - 2208m (7244 ft)

Mount Hutt - 2190 m (7185 ft)

1000 to 2000 metres

Mount Tongariro - 1978 m (6490 ft)

Mount Cardrona - 1900 m (6234 ft)

Mount Owen - 1875 m (6152 ft)

Mount Hikurangi, Gisborne - 1754 m (5755 ft)

Mount Mangaweka - 1730 m (5676 ft)

Mount Kaweka - 1725 m (5659 ft)

Mitre Peak - 1692 m (5551 ft)

The Mitre (Tararua Ranges) - 1570 m (5151 ft)

Mount Hector (Tararua Ranges) - 1529 m (5016 ft)

Sturge Island (subantarctic island) - 1524 m (5000 ft)

Summit Peak - 1450 m (4756 ft) (highest point of the Rock and Pillar Range)

Young Island (subantarctic island) - 1340 m (4396 ft)

Buckle Island (subantarctic island) - 1239 m (4065 ft)

Mount Pureora - 1175 m (3855 ft)

Mount Tarawera - 1111 m (3645 ft)

Mount Tauhara - 1088 m (3570 ft)

Mount John - 1031 m (3382 ft) ( Home of Mount John University Observatory )

Under 1000 metres

Mount Ross - 983 m (3225 ft) (highest peak of the Aorangi Range)

Mount Anglem - 979 m (3212 ft) (highest peak on Stewart Island)

Mount Pirongia - 962 m (3156 ft)

Mount Te Aroha - 952 m (3123 ft) (highest point of the Kaimai Ranges)

Mount Matthews - 940 m (3084 ft)

Mount Herbert (Te Ahu Patiki) - 920m (3018 ft) (highest point of Banks Peninsula)

Maungatua - 900 m (2953 ft)

Moehau - 892 m (2927 ft) (highest point of the Coromandel Peninsula)

Mount Edgecumbe - 820 m (2690 ft)

Maungatautari - 797 m (2615 ft) (site of the Maungatautari Restoration Project)

Takaka Hill - 760 m (2493 ft)

Mount Karioi - 756 m (2480 ft) (overlooks Raglan)

Hauturu/Little Barrier Island - 722 m (2370 ft)

Mount Pye - 720 m (2361 ft) (highest point in The Catlins)

Mount Cargill - 680 m (2231 ft)

Kohukokonui (highest point in the Hunua Ranges) - 650 m (2133 ft)

Mount Hikurangi, Northland - 625 m (2051 ft)

Hokonui Hills - 600 m (1969 ft)

Mount Honey (Campbell Island) - 558 m (1831 ft)

Moumoukai - 516 m (1693 ft) (highest point in the Kermadec Islands, on Raoul Island)

Te Toiokawharu (highest point in the Waitakere Ranges) -
474 m (1555 ft)

Mount Kaukau - 445 m (1460 ft)

Mount Charles - 408 m (1337 ft) (highest point of the Otago Peninsula)

Whakaari/White Island - 321 m (1053 ft)

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu - 305 m (1001 ft)

Mangere - 286 m (938 ft) (highest point in the Chatham Islands, on Mangere Island)

Rangitoto Island - 260 m (853 ft)

Mauao (Mount Maunganui) - 230 m (755 ft)

Mount Victoria, Wellington - 196 m (643 ft)

Mount Eden - 196 m (643 ft)

One Tree Hill, New Zealand - 182 m (597 ft)

Mount Wellington - 137 m (449 ft)

Mount Albert - 135 m (443 ft)

Mount Roskill - 110 m (361 ft)

Mangere Mountain - 107 m (351 ft)