43-750: Aorangi may refer to: Aoraki / Mount Cook , a name for New Zealand's highest mountain Aorangi Island , the smaller of the two large islands that make up the Poor Knights Islands Aorangi Oval , a cricket ground in Timaru Aorangi Range , the southernmost mountain range of New Zealand's North Island Aorangi School , a former school in Christchurch Aorangi (ship) , several ships of this name Aorangi Terrace , an area in
86-686: A population of 213 at the 2018 New Zealand census , an increase of 12 people (6.0%) since the 2013 census , and an increase of 3 people (1.4%) since the 2006 census . There were 27 households, comprising 99 males and 114 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.87 males per female. The median age was 29.5 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 24 people (11.3%) aged under 15 years, 87 (40.8%) aged 15 to 29, 93 (43.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 6 (2.8%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 53.5% European/ Pākehā , 2.8% Māori , 8.5% Pasifika , 25.4% Asian , and 14.1% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. Although some people chose not to answer
129-487: Is described by Statistics New Zealand as a rural settlement, and covers 4.26 km (1.64 sq mi). It had an estimated population of 200 as of June 2024, with a population density of 47 people per km . It is part of the Mackenzie Lakes statistical area . Before the 2023 census, Mount Cook Village had a larger boundary, covering 9.68 km (3.74 sq mi). Using that boundary, Mount Cook Village had
172-718: Is listed as 3,724 metres (12,218 feet). It sits in the Southern Alps , the mountain range that runs the length of the South Island . A popular tourist destination, it is also a favourite challenge for mountain climbers . Aoraki / Mount Cook consists of three summits: from south to north, the Low Peak (3,593 m or 11,788 ft), the Middle Peak (3,717 m or 12,195 ft) and the High Peak. The summits lie slightly south and east of
215-617: Is located about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) outside the village, connected via a walking track. Commercial operations run guided walks, 4WD safaris, boating on the Tasman glacier lake , horse treks, fishing, and scenic flights including landing on the glaciers. These are based at the hotel, departing and returning to the hotel's main entrance. A number of nearby walks and climbs ranging from 10 minute bush walks to multi-day tramping tracks and routes can be explored from Mount Cook Village. There are three short walking tracks through forest areas within
258-518: Is located within New Zealand's Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park at the end of State Highway 80 , only 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of the summit of the country's highest mountain, also called Aoraki / Mount Cook , in the Southern Alps . Being situated inside a National Park , it is not possible to own property in Mount Cook Village; however, because of the year-round operation of
301-445: Is sometimes used as an alternative name for the settlement. The hotel also owns and operates chalets and a lodge & motel with options ranging from backpacker accommodation through to family units. There are two more motels in the village, and a total of four restaurants or pubs, two of which are inside the main hotel complex. The buildings and motel units are connected via paved footpaths. The small White Horse Hill camping ground
344-701: Is the only one of these names where the Māori name precedes the English. Under the settlement the Crown agreed to return title of Aoraki / Mount Cook to Ngāi Tahu, who would then formally gift it back to the nation. Neither transfer has yet occurred, and Ngāi Tahu can decide when this will happen. The Southern Alps in the South Island were formed by tectonic uplifting and pressure as the Pacific and Indo-Australian Plates collided along
387-688: The Papatūānuku , the Earth Mother, their canoe became stranded on a reef and tilted. Aoraki and his brothers climbed onto the top side of their canoe. However, the south wind froze them and turned them to stone. Their canoe became the Te Waka o Aoraki, the South Island , and their prows, the Marlborough Sounds . Aoraki, the tallest, became the highest peak, and his brothers created the Kā Tiritiri o te Moana,
430-426: The Southern Alps . Ngāi Tahu, the main iwi (tribe) of New Zealand's southern region, consider Aoraki as the most sacred of the ancestors that they had descended from. Aoraki brings the iwi with its sense of community and purpose, and remains the physical form of Aoraki and the link between the worlds of the supernatural and nature. Mount Cook Village Mount Cook Village , officially Aoraki / Mount Cook ,
473-510: The Tasman Sea with them. Annual precipitation around the mountain ranges varies greatly as the local climate is dominated by the eastward movement of depressions and anticyclones from across the Tasman Sea. The Aoraki / Mount Cook massif is a major obstacle to the prevailing westerly winds as they push depressions and associated cold fronts of moist air from the subtropics in the northwest against
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#1732855664773516-636: The UNESCO World Heritage Sites . The park contains more than 140 peaks standing over 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) and 72 named glaciers , which cover 40 percent of its 700 square kilometres (170,000 acres). The peak is located at the northern end of the Mount Cook Range , where it meets with the main spine of the Main Divide, forming a massif between the Hooker Valley to the southwest and
559-665: The 14th century CE. The first Europeans who may have seen Aoraki / Mount Cook were members of Abel Tasman 's crew, who saw a "large land uplifted high" (probably some part of the Southern Alps) while off the west coast of the South Island, just north of present-day Greymouth on 13 December 1642 during Tasman's first Pacific voyage. The English name of Mount Cook was given to the mountain in 1851 by Captain John Lort Stokes to honour Captain James Cook who surveyed and circumnavigated
602-418: The 1890 ascent attempt by Mannering and Dixon. The first known ascent was on 25 December 1894, when New Zealanders Tom Fyfe , John Michael (Jack) Clarke and George Graham reached the summit via the Hooker Valley and the north ridge. Despite an earlier failed attempt on 20 December, the local climbers were spurred on by their desire for the first ascent to be made by New Zealand mountaineers amid reports that
645-486: The American mountaineer Edward FitzGerald had his eye on the summit. The party reached the summit at approximately 1:30pm after bounding up the last leg of the mountain full of excitement at reaching the top. The route they had successfully traversed was not repeated again until the 100th ascent over 60 years later in 1955. Swiss guide Matthias Zurbriggen of FitzGerald's party made the second ascent on 14 March 1895 from
688-518: The South Ridge was renamed as Hillary Ridge in August 2011. Aoraki / Mount Cook is a technically challenging mountain with a high level of glaciation. Its level of difficulty is often underestimated and can change dramatically depending on weather, snow and ice conditions. The climb crosses large crevasses, and involves risks of ice and rock falls, avalanches and rapidly changing weather conditions. Since
731-459: The Tasman Glacier side, via the ridge that now bears his name. This is credited as the first solo ascent, although Zurbriggen was accompanied part of the way up the ridge by J Adamson. After Zurbriggen's ascent it was another ten years before the mountain was climbed again. In February 1905 Jack Clarke with four others completed the third ascent following Zurbriggen's route. Clarke therefore became
774-523: The Tasman Valley east of the mountain. These two valleys provide the closest easily accessible view points of Aoraki / Mount Cook. A lookout point at the end of the Hooker Valley Track located only 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the peak has views of the entire mountainside. The settlement of Mount Cook Village , also referred to as "Aoraki / Mount Cook", is a tourist centre and base camp for
817-500: The census's question about religious affiliation, 52.1% had no religion, 28.2% were Christian , 1.4% were Hindu , 1.4% were Muslim , 9.9% were Buddhist and 1.4% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 45 (23.8%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 12 (6.3%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $ 35,200, compared with $ 31,800 nationally. 12 people (6.3%) earned over $ 70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15
860-509: The current hotel. The 1960s and 1970s saw significant extensions to the hotel and Mount Cook Village, including water mains, sewerage treatment, local streets, and the sealing of State Highway 80, which greatly improved access. A local fire brigade was established in 1976. The official name of the settlement was amended to a dual name , Aoraki / Mount Cook, by the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998 . Mount Cook Village
903-610: The difficult climbing conditions on Aoraki / Mount Cook. Temperatures at the mountain's base in the Hooker Valley around 800 metres (2,600 feet) range from −13 °C (9 °F) to 32 °C (90 °F), and generally fall just over 1 °C (1.8 °F) for every 200 metres (656 ft) of altitude. From about 1,000 m (3,280 ft) and higher, semi-permanent snow and ice fields exist during winter. Winter and spring are usually less settled than summer and autumn. Anticyclones often bring days of settled weather in summer, or clear cold conditions in winter with severe frost. In
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#1732855664773946-461: The early 20th century, around 80 people have died attempting to climb the mountain, making it New Zealand's deadliest peak. The climbing season traditionally runs from November to February, and hardly a season goes by without at least one fatality. According to Māori legend, Aoraki was a young boy who, along with his three brothers, were the sons of Rakinui , the Sky Father. On their voyage around
989-556: The first obstacle the winds encounter after South America, having moved east across the Southern Ocean . The height of Aoraki / Mount Cook was established in 1881 by G. J. Roberts (from the west side) and in 1889 by T. N. Brodrick (from the Canterbury side). Their measurements agreed closely at 12,349 feet (3,764 m). The height was reduced by 10 metres (33 ft) when approximately 12–14 million cubic metres of rock and ice fell off
1032-421: The first person to do a repeat ascent. The first woman to ascend the mountain was Australian Freda Du Faur on 3 December 1910. Local guide George Bannister, a nephew of another guide, Butler Te Koeti of Ngāi Tahu, was the first Māori to successfully scale the peak in 1912. A traverse of the three peaks was first accomplished in 1913 by Freda Du Faur and guides Alec and Peter Graham . This 'grand traverse'
1075-409: The fuel price reflects the remote location. Mount Cook Village operates a small school with a roll as low as a dozen children, the only school in New Zealand inside a national park. The first building at the location of Mount Cook Village was the second Hermitage hotel, built in 1913 and opened in 1914; however, that building burned to the ground in 1957 and was replaced in 1958 by what later became
1118-586: The grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club Feilding , known as Aorangi in Māori Mount Aorangi , the highest mountain in the Millen Range of Antarctica Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Aorangi . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
1161-463: The hotel and motels, the village has a small permanent population of around 250. All buildings and facilities operate on concessions and leases from the government. The village has no grocery stores apart from a small in-hotel convenience store. The nearest supermarket is 65 kilometres (40 mi) away in Twizel , the closest town. There is a self-service petrol pump behind the hotel complex; however,
1204-467: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aorangi&oldid=508196205 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Aoraki Aoraki / Mount Cook is the highest mountain in New Zealand . Its height, as of 2014 ,
1247-469: The island's western coast. The uplifting continues, raising Aoraki / Mount Cook an average of 7 millimetres (0.28 in) each year. However, erosive forces are also powerful shapers of the mountains. The severe weather is due to the mountain's jutting into powerful westerly winds of the Roaring Forties which run around approximately 45°S latitude, south of both Africa and Australia. The Southern Alps are
1290-476: The islands of New Zealand in 1770. Captain Cook did not sight the mountain during his exploration. Following the settlement between Ngāi Tahu and the Crown in 1998, a number of South Island place names were amended to incorporate their Māori names by the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998 . The name of the mountain was officially changed from Mount Cook to Aoraki/Mount Cook to incorporate its historic Māori name. It
1333-700: The main divide of the Southern Alps, with the Tasman Glacier to the east and the Hooker Glacier to the southwest. Mount Cook is ranked 10th in the world by topographic isolation . The mountain is in the Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park , in the Canterbury Region . The park was established in 1953 and along with Westland National Park , Mount Aspiring National Park and Fiordland National Park forms one of
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1376-410: The mountain range. As the air rises towards the peaks, it expands and cools, and forms clouds. Rain and snowfall are often heaviest around the 1,200 m (3,900 ft) level and can last for several days if the front is slow-moving. As a result of the local weather patterns, the western slopes of Aoraki / Mount Cook can receive well over 10,000 mm (394 in) of annual precipitation, whereas
1419-606: The mountain's three summits forms a distinctive blocky shape when viewed from an eastern or western direction. Another popular view point is from Lake Matheson on the West Coast, described as the "view of views", where on calm days, the peaks of Aoraki / Mount Cook and Mt Tasman are reflected in Lake Matheson. Aoraki / Mount Cook receives substantial orographic precipitation throughout the year, as breezy, moisture-laden westerly winds dominate all year-round, bringing rainclouds from
1462-419: The mountain. It is 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from the end of the Tasman Glacier and 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of Aoraki / Mount Cook's summit. On clear days, Aoraki / Mount Cook is visible from the West Coast as far north as Greymouth, some 150 km (93 mi) away, and from most of State Highway 80 along Lake Pukaki and State Highway 6 south of Lake Pukaki. The near horizontal ridge connecting
1505-406: The nearby Mount Cook Village, only 15 km (9 mi) south of the mountain, receives 4,484 mm (176.5 in) of rain or snowfall. While the weather on the eastern side of the mountain is generally better, rain or snow can quickly become widespread on that side as well if the wind turns to the south or southeast. This brings with it a rapid drop in temperature and poor visibility, adding to
1548-458: The northern peak on 14 December 1991. Two decades of erosion of the ice cap exposed after this collapse reduced the height by another 30 m to 3,724 m, Aoraki / Mount Cook lies in the centre of the distinctive Alpine Fault , a 650 km long active fault in the Southern Alps. It is responsible for the uplift of Aoraki / Mount Cook and is believed to move every 100 to 300 years. It last moved in 1717. The average annual rainfall in
1591-552: The snowline, only lichen can be found amongst the rock, snowfields and ice that dominate the highest parts of Aoraki / Mount Cook. The first recorded attempt on the summit was made by the Irishman Rev. William S. Green , the Swiss hotelier Emil Boss and the Swiss mountain guide Ulrich Kaufmann on 2 March 1882 via the Tasman and Linda Glaciers. They came within a few feet of the top, as did
1634-403: The surrounding lowlands, in particular to the west, is around 5 to 10 metres (200 to 390 in). This very high rainfall leads to temperate rainforests in these coastal lowlands and a reliable source of snow in the mountains to keep the glaciers flowing. These include the Tasman Glacier to the east of the mountain and the smaller Hooker Glacier immediately to its south. The vegetation in
1677-603: The traditions of the Ngāi Tahu iwi an early name for the South Island is Te Waka o Aoraki ('Aoraki's Canoe'). In the past many believed it meant "Cloud Piercer", a romantic rendering of the name's components: ao (world, daytime, cloud, etc.) and raki or rangi (day, sky, weather, etc.). Historically, the Māori name has been spelt Aorangi , using the northern dialect. Aoraki / Mount Cook became known to Māori after their arrival in New Zealand some time around
1720-399: The valleys to the east, in particular the Tasman Valley, is noticeably less lush than that on the western slopes of the mountain. Forest would normally grow to about 1,300 m in this area, but a lack of soil due to scree, rock falls and the effects of glaciation prevent this in most localities around the mountain. Snow tussock and other alpine plants cling to as high as 1,900 m. Above
1763-478: The village and on its outskirts, as well as the starting points of longer walking tracks ranging from the popular and easy Hooker Valley Track to more strenuous walks such as the steep track to Sealy Tarns . The village is home to the park's visitor centre, and the starting point for climbers, hunters and trampers visiting the many huts. The YHA backpacker hostel is due to close permanently in December 2021 due to
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1806-466: Was repeated in January 1916 by Conrad Kain , guiding the 57-year-old Jane Thomson , considered at the time "a marvellous feat unequalled for daring in the annals of the Southern Alps". Sir Edmund Hillary made his first ascent in January 1948. In February 1948 with Ruth Adams, Harry Ayres and Mick Sullivan, Hillary made the first ascent of the South Ridge to the Low Peak. To celebrate the life of Hillary
1849-464: Was that 177 (93.7%) people were employed full-time, and 9 (4.8%) were part-time. Mount Cook Village caters to a steady flow of around 250,000 visitors per year with a wide range of facilities and accommodation. An international style hotel, The Hermitage , the name of which dates back to the original hotel built in 1884, is the only prominent larger building in the village and a popular location, especially for international tourists. The Hermitage
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