- Mount Watkin/Hikaroroa
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Mount Watkin/Hikaroroa is a 616 metre peak located north-west of Waikouaiti, Otago, New Zealand. It is on the east side of the North Branch of the Waikouaiti River.[1]
The peak was originally named Hikaroroa, and was renamed after a pioneer Methodist missionary, Reverend James Watkin in the 1840s.[2] The name was changed to "Mount Watkin/Hikaroroa" by the Ngai Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998 No 97.[3]
References
- ^ Discover New Zealand:A Wises Guide (9th ed.). 1994. p. 526.
- ^ Pybus, T. A. (1954). Maori and Missionary: Early Christian Missions in the South Island of New Zealand. Reed Publishing (NZ) Ltd. p. 9. http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-PybMiss-t1-body-d1.html.
- ^ "Schedule 96: Alteration of place names". Ngai Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998 No 97. New Zealand Government. 1998. http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1998/0097/latest/DLM431335.html.
Coordinates: 45°34′S 170°35′E / 45.567°S 170.583°E
Categories:- Otago Region
- Mountains of New Zealand
- Otago Region geography stubs
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