The Crossing and other NZ mountains

Well, there you go. I've climbed Mt Tauhara and crossed Mt Tongariro. Phew! I'm so proud of myself, and, faithful readers, I hope you are too. There was a hard stretch of rock, bush, and gravel. 

Did you know that there are lots more mountains in New Zealand? So far I've climbed Tongariro, Tauhara and Pureora.
Other mountains in New Zealand, between 3754 and 107 metres are:

The 30 highest mountains^[1] are all within the Southern Alps, a chain that forms the backbone of the South Island. Mountain heights and names are as shown on Land Information New Zealand's Topo50 topographic maps.^[2] The high, middle and low peaks of Aoraki/Mount Cook are not listed separately, and unnamed peaks are not listed.

1. Aoraki/Mount Cook - 3,754 metres (12,316 ft)
2. Mount Tasman - 3,497 metres (11,473 ft)
3. Mount Dampier - 3,440 metres (11,290 ft)
4. Mount Vancouver - 3,309 metres (10,856 ft)
5. Silberhorn - 3,300 metres (10,800 ft)
6. Malte Brun - 3,198 metres (10,492 ft)
7. Mount Hicks - 3,198 metres (10,492 ft)
8. Mount Lendenfeld - 3,194 metres (10,479 ft)
9. Mount Graham - 3,184 metres (10,446 ft)
10. Torres Peak - 3,160 metres (10,370 ft)
11. Mount Sefton - 3,151 metres (10,338 ft)
12. Mount Teichelmann - 3,144 metres (10,315 ft)
13. Mount Haast - 3,114 metres (10,217 ft)
14. Mount Elie de Beaumont - 3,109 metres (10,200 ft)
15. La Perouse - 3,078 metres (10,098 ft)
16. Douglas Peak - 3,077 metres (10,095 ft)
17. Mount Haidinger - 3,070 metres (10,070 ft)
18. Magellan - 3,049 metres (10,003 ft)
19. Malaspina - 3,042 metres (9,980 ft)
20. The Minarets - 3,040 metres (9,970 ft)
21. Mount Aspiring/Tititea - 3,033 metres (9,951 ft)
22. Mount Hamilton - 3,025 metres (9,925 ft)
23. Mount Dixon - 3,004 metres (9,856 ft)
24. Glacier Peak - 3,002 metres (9,849 ft)
25. Mount Chudleigh - 2,966 metres (9,731 ft)
26. Haeckel Peak - 2,965 metres (9,728 ft)
27. Drake - 2,960 metres (9,710 ft)
28. Mount Darwin - 2,952 metres (9,685 ft)
29. Aiguilles Rouges - 2,950 metres (9,680 ft)
30. Mount De La Beche - 2,950 metres (9,680 ft)

[edit] Other notable mountains and hills

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

[edit] Over 2,000 metres

• Tapuae-o-Uenuku - 2,884 m (9,462 ft) - in the Inland Kaikoura Range (highest peak outside the Southern Alps)^[3]
• Mount Alarm - 2,877 m (9,439 ft) - in the Inland Kaikoura Range
• Hochstetter Dome - 2,822 m (9,259 ft)
• Mount Earnslaw - 2,819 m (9,249 ft)
• Mount Ruapehu - 2,797 m (9,176 ft) (highest peak in the North Island)^[3]
• Mount Tutoko - 2,723 m (8,934 ft)^[3]
• Nuns Veil - 2,749 m (9,019 ft)
• Mount Hopkins - 2,682 m (8,799 ft)
• Manakau - 2,608 m (8,556 ft)^[3]
• Mount Taranaki or Mount Egmont - 2,518 m (8,260 ft)^[3]
• Mount Murchison - 2,408m
• Mount Strauchon - 2,391m
• Double Cone - 2,319 m (7,608 ft)^[3]
• Fanklyn - 2,340 m (7,677 ft)
• Travers - 2,338 m (7,671 ft)
• Mount Taylor - 2,333 m (7,653 ft)^[3]
• Ben Nevis - 2,330 m (7,644 ft)
• Mount Aurum - 2,320 m (7,611 ft)
• Mount Ngauruhoe - 2,291 m (7,516 ft)
• Hopeless - 2,278 m (7,474 ft)
• Mount Rolleston - 2,275 m (7,464 ft)
• Faerie Queen - 2,237 m (7,339 ft)
• Paske - 2,232 m (7,323 ft)
• Mount Adams - 2,208m (7,244 ft)
• Mount Hutt - 2,190 m (7,185 ft)
• Mount Olympus - 2,097 m
• Mount Dobson - 2,095 m
• Mount Musgrave - 2,085 m (6,841 ft)

[edit] 1,000 to 2,000 metres

• Mount Tongariro - 1,978 m (6,490 ft)
• Mount Ollivier - 1,933 m (6,342 ft)
• Benmore Peak (Benmore Range) - 1,932 m (6,338 ft) (site of Benmore Peak Observatory)
• Mount Cardrona - 1,900 m (6,234 ft)
• Mount Owen - 1,875 m (6,152 ft)
• Sutherlands Peak (Benmore Range) - 1,846 m (6,054 ft)
• Totara Peak (Benmore Range) - 1,822 m (5,977 ft)
• Mount Arthur - 1,795 m (5,887 ft)
• Mount Hikurangi, Gisborne - 1,754 m (5,755 ft) (highest peak in the North Island, excluding volcanoes)
• Ben Lomond - 1,751 m (5,747 ft)
• Mount Peel - 1,743 m (5,720 ft)
• Mount Mangaweka - 1,730 m (5,676 ft)
• Mount Kaweka (Kaweka J) - 1,724 m (5,659 ft)
• Brown Peak, Sturge Island (subantarctic island) - 1,705 m (5,594 ft)^[4] or 1524 m (5,000 ft)^[5]
• Mitre Peak - 1,692 m (5,551 ft)
• Roys Peak - 1,578 m (5,177 ft)
• The Mitre (Tararua Range) - 1,571 m (5,151 ft)
• Mount Hector (Tararua Range) - 1,529 m (5,016 ft)
• Hauhungatahi - 1,521 m (4,990 ft)
• Mount Lyndon - 1,489 m (4,885 ft)
• The Cairn (Benmore Range) - 1,464 m (4,801 ft)
• Summit Peak - 1,450 m (4,756 ft) (highest point of the Rock and Pillar Range)
• Young Island (subantarctic island) - 1,340 m (4,396 ft)
• The Buscot (Benmore Range) - 1,245 m (4,084 ft)
• Buckle Island (subantarctic island) - 1,239 m (4,065 ft)
• Mount Noble - 1,220 m (4,003 ft)
• Mount Pureora - 1,175 m (3,855 ft)
• Mount Tarawera - 1,111 m (3,645 ft)
• Mount Tauhara - 1,088 m (3,570 ft)
• Mount John - 1,031 m (3,382 ft) (site of Mount John University Observatory)

[edit] Under 1,000 metres

• Mount Ross - 983 m (3,225 ft) (highest point in the Aorangi Range)
• Mount Anglem - 979 m (3,212 ft) (highest peak on Stewart Island/Rakiura)
• Mount Pirongia - 959 m (3,146 ft)
• Mount Te Aroha - 952 m (3,123 ft) (highest point in the Kaimai Range)
• Mount Matthews - 940 m (3,084 ft) (highest peak in Rimutaka Range)
• Mount Herbert (Te Ahu Patiki) - 920m (3,018 ft) (highest point on Banks Peninsula)
• Wharite Peak - 920 m (3,018 ft)
• Maungatua - 900 m (2,953 ft)
• Moehau - 892 m (2,927 ft) (highest point on the Coromandel Peninsula)
• Mount Edgecumbe - 820 m (2,690 ft)
• Maungatautari - 797 m (2,615 ft) (site of the Maungatautari Restoration Project)
• Te Raupua - 781 m (2,526 ft) (highest point in Northland)
• Tutamoe - 770 m (2,562 ft) (second highest point in Northland)
• Takaka Hill - 760 m (2,493 ft)
• Mount Ngongotaha - 757 m (2,484 ft)
• Mount Karioi - 756 m (2,480 ft) (overlooks Raglan)
• Little Barrier Island - 722 m (2,370 ft)
• Mount Pye - 720 m (2,361 ft) (highest point in The Catlins)
• Mount McKerrow - 706 m (2,316 ft)
• Mount Dick (highest point in the Auckland Islands, on Adams Island) - 705 m (2,313 ft)
• Kohukohunui (highest point in the Hunua Ranges) - 688 m (2,255 ft)
• Mount Cargill - 680 m (2,231 ft)
• Flagstaff (Dunedin) - 666 m (2,186 ft)
• Mount Hikurangi, Northland - 625 m (2,051 ft)
• Mount Hobson (highest point on Great Barrier Island) - 621 m (2,038 ft)
• Hokonui Hills - 600 m (1,969 ft)
• Mount Honey (Campbell Island) - 558 m (1,831 ft)
• Moumoukai - 516 m (1,693 ft) (highest point in the Kermadec Islands, on Raoul Island)
• Te Toiokawharu (highest point in the Waitakere Ranges) - 474 m (1,555 ft)
• Saddle Hill - 473 m (1,552 ft)
• Colonial Knob Tawa, Wellington - 468 m (1,550 ft)
• Mount Kaukau Wellington - 445 m (1,460 ft)
• Mount Charles - 408 m (1,337 ft) (highest point on the Otago Peninsula)
• Te Mata Peak - 399 m (1,309 ft) Hawkes Bay region
• Signal Hill - 393 m (1,289 ft)
• Whakaari/White Island - 321 m (1,053 ft)
• Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu - 305 m (1,001 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 - 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)