Mount Hector (New Zealand)

Mount Hector (Pukemoumou) is one of the highest peaks in the Tararua Range, situated in the lower North Island of New Zealand. It has a height of 1529 m.

The peak is named after James Hector a leading scientist in New Zealand during the 19th century.

Mt Hector is the site of a memorial cross commemorating trampers killed in the Second World War.

Its Māori name is Pukemoumou, or ‘hill of desolation’.