Mount Watkin / Hikaroroa is a 616-metre peak located north-west of Waikouaiti, Otago, New Zealand. It is on the east side of the North Branch of the Waikouaiti River.[1]

The peak was originally named Hikaroroa, after a Kāti-Māmoe warrior,[2] and was renamed after a pioneer Methodist missionary, Reverend James Watkin in the 1840s.[3] The name was changed to "Mount Watkin / Hikaroroa" by the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998 No 97.[4]

References

  1. ^ Discover New Zealand:A Wises Guide (9th ed.). 1994. p. 526.
  2. ^ Beattie, H (1920). "Traditions and Legends. Collected from the natives of Murihiku". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 29 (4): 195.
  3. ^ Pybus, T. A. (1954). Maori and Missionary: Early Christian Missions in the South Island of New Zealand. Reed Publishing (NZ) Ltd. p. 9.
  4. ^ "Schedule 96: Alteration of place names". Ngai Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998 No 97. New Zealand Government. 1998.


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