Mount Grey

{{Short description|Mountain in New Zealand}} {{Distinguish|Mount Gray}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Grey / Maukatere | image = Mount Grey 27.jpg | image_size = | image_upright = | image_alt = Image a mountain from a nearby hill on an overcast day, with a view over the city of Christchurch in the background | image_caption = Mount Grey / Maukatere, looking towards [[Christchurch]]   | highest = | highest_location = | elevation_m = 933 | elevation_ref = <ref>{{LINZ|7327|21 November 2021}}</ref> | elevation_system = | prominence_m = | prominence_ref = | parent_peak = | isolation_km = | isolation_parent = | isolation_ref = | listing =  | length_km = | length_orientation = | length_ref = | width_km = | width_orientation = | width_ref = | area_km2 = | area_ref = | volume_km3 = | volume_ref =  | etymology = Named for [[George Grey]], and from [[Ngāi Tahu]] [[Māori language|Māori]] for ''floating mountain''<ref name="DOC">{{cite web |title=Mount Grey/Maukatere Conservation Area |url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/canterbury/places/mount-grey-maukatere-conservation-area/?tab-id=50578 |website=www.doc.govt.nz |publisher=Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai |access-date=14 February 2024 |language=en-nz}}</ref> | nickname = | native_name = {{native name|mi|Maukatere}} | translation = Floating mountain | pronunciation = | authority = [[New Zealand Geographic Board]]  | location = | country = New Zealand | region = Canterbury | region_type = | map = New Zealand | map_caption = Location in New Zealand | label_position = top | coordinates = {{coord|-43.117316|172.547586|type:mountain_region:NZ|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = | range_coordinates = | range_coordinates_ref = | range = | borders_on = | topo_maker = | topo_map = | biome =  | formed_by = | orogeny = | age = | type = | geology = | volcanic_zone = | last_eruption =  | first_ascent = | easiest_route = | normal_route = | access = Mt Grey Track, Red Beach Track }} '''Mount Grey''' (officially '''Mount Grey / Maukatere''') is a {{convert|934|m|adj=on|round=5}} mountain {{convert|15|km|abbr=off}} west of [[Amberley, New Zealand|Amberley]] in [[New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/tracks-and-walks/canterbury/north-canterbury-and-arthurs-pass/mt-grey-walking-tracks/|publisher=Department of Conservation|title= Mt Grey/Maungatere walking tracks}}</ref> It is named after [[George Grey|Sir George Grey]] who was governor of New Zealand when English surveyors climbed it in 1849.<ref name="linz">{{LINZ|id=7327|name=Mount Grey/Maukatere|access-date=18 July 2022}}</ref> In [[Māori language|Te Reo Māori]], the mountain is called Maukatere, 'floating mountain', from where the spirits of the dead leave on the long journey to [[Cape Reinga]].<ref name="DOC"/>

Maukatere is a significant mountain for the [[Kaiapoi]]-based [[Ngāi Tūāhuriri]], a [[hapū]] (subtribe) of [[Ngāi Tahu]].<ref name=Kahurumanu2>{{cite web |title=Atlas — Cultural Mapping Project — Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu |url=https://www.kahurumanu.co.nz/atlas?find=Maukatere |website=www.kahurumanu.co.nz |access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref> Maukatere marked the inland boundary of the Crown purchase of the Canterbury and Otago area recorded in "[[Kemp's Deed]]" in 1848.<ref name=Kahurumanu>{{cite web |title=Protecting Ngai Tahu History — Cultural Mapping Project — Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu |url=https://www.kahurumanu.co.nz/cultural-mapping-story/protecting-ngai-tahu-history |website=www.kahurumanu.co.nz |access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref>

In 1998, the [[Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998]] changed the official name of the mountain to Mount Grey / Maukatere.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1998/0097/1.0/096be8ed800a3ff4.pdf|format= pdf|title= Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998|publisher=Parliamentary Counsel Office}}</ref><ref name="linz"/> ==References== {{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mount Grey Maukatere}} [[Category:Mountains of the Canterbury Region|Grey]] [[Category:Hurunui District]]