The Maungaharuru Range is located 34 km from
Napier Napier may refer to:
People
* Napier (surname), including a list of people with that name
* Napier baronets, five baronetcies and lists of the title holders
Given name
* Napier Shaw (1854–1945), British meteorologist
* Napier Waller (1893–19 ...
in the
New Zealand region of
Hawke's Bay. The name means in ''the mountain that resounded'' in
Te Reo Māori due to the bird population.
Maungaharuru is the spiritual mountain of the
hapū Ngati Kurumōkihi. They are the
kaitiaki of Boundary Stream and the area. In 2017 the hapū were given four conservation reserves in the Hawke's Bay by the Crown as part of
Treaty of Waitangi settlements. The
Ngati Kurumōkihi hapū gave the reserves to the people of New Zealand (Aotearoa), three of these conservation areas are located in the Maungaharuru Range.
Conservation
The Maungaharuru Ecological District is part of the Maungaharuru Range, a conservation reserve known as the Boundary Stream Mainland Island. There are five tracks are maintained by the
New Zealand Department of Conservation through the reserve called the Boundary Stream tracks. These include a walk to Hawke's Bay's highest waterfall, Shine Falls which is 58 metres high, and the rock formation named Bell Rock. This conservation reserve makes up 800 hectares of the Maungaharuru Range which is home to native plant and bird species including
wētā,
kaka
Kaka may refer to:
People Nickname or given name Sports
* Carlos Augusto dos Santos da Silva (born 1987), Brazil-born Italy international futsal player
* Kaká (born 1982), Brazilian footballer Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite
* Kaká (football ...
and
kiwi. The elevation in this reserve is 300 metres above sea level at its lowest to 950 metres high in the range.
Pest management
An organised pest management programme began in 1996 in the area by Predator Free Hawke's Bay to remove the introduced mammals destroying the natural environment. Predator Free programmes aim to create an environment where native species could survive. In 2018 Titi (
Cook's Petrel
Cook's petrel (''Pterodroma cookii'') or the blue-footed petrel, is a Procellariform seabird. It is a member of the gadfly petrels and part of the subgroup known as Cookilaria petrels, which includes the very similar Stejneger's petrel.
Morphol ...
) were returned to their original nesting site in the range through the translocation project Poutiri Ao o Tane.
Geography
The smaller Bellbird Bush Scenic Reserve, Opouahi Scenic Reserve and Thomas Bush Scenic Reserved are also located in the Maungaharuru Ranges.
The rest of the range is farmland.
Taraponui
Taraponui is a prominent peak in inland Hawke's Bay, in New Zealand's eastern North Island. It lies between the settlements of Te haroto and Tutira
Tutira ( mi, Tūtira) is a village to the north of Napier and is part of the Hawke's Bay Re ...
Peak is a part of this range, rising to 1308 metres. The range is rugged with high winds, this environment has attracted two wind farm consents for a
Hawke's Bay wind farm.
Renewable generation
In 2005 two consents were issued in the Maungaharuru area, one for the private company Hawkes Bay Wind Farm Ltd and the other by Unison Networks Limited. The two consents were purchased by
Meridian Energy in 2010 and 2011 respectively and were combined as one site, these consents were extended to 2023. In August 2019, Meridian sought interest from potential contractors for the wind farm's construction.
Construction would be expected to begin in 2020.
''See
Hawke's Bay Wind Farm.''
References
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Mountain ranges of New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Region