The Huiarau Range is a range of mountains in Te Urewera in the northeast of New Zealand 's North Island . Part of the spine of mountains that run roughly parallel with the island's east coast, it is a southwestern extension of the Raukumara Range , lying between the end of that range and the North Island Volcanic Plateau . Peaks within the range include Mount Manuoha (1403 m/4602 ft), Maungataniwha (1369 m/4491 ft), and Maungapohatu (1366 m/4482 ft). Lake Waikaremoana lies close to the southern edge of the range.
3-737: The Raukūmara Range runs from the north-eastern end of the Huiarau Range north-eastward to Wharekahika / Hicks Bay , between Cape Runaway and East Cape , at the northern end of the Gisborne District , on the North Island of New Zealand. It is the north-northeastern end segment of the North Island's main mountain chain, which runs from Wellington in the south to the Gisborne District. The western side of
6-506: The New Zealand geologic time scale lasting from 95.2 to 86.5 Mya , is named after the range. The North Island's highest non-volcanic peak, Mount Hikurangi (1,755 m/5,758 ft), is part of the range. Other prominent peaks include Maungahaumi (1,213 m/3,980 ft), Mount Arowhana (1,440 m/4,720 ft), and Mount Raukūmara (1,413 m/4,636 ft). This Gisborne District -related geography article
9-617: The range is in the Ōpōtiki District of the eastern Bay of Plenty and the eastern side in the East Coast region of the Gisborne District. State Highway 2 runs between the Raukūmara Range and the Huiarau Range on its route between the town of Ōpōtiki and the city of Gisborne . The mountain range is composed primarily of Cretaceous greywacke , argillites , siltstones and sandstones . The Raukumara Epoch, an epoch of
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