Mount Hikurangi (Northland)
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Although not as prominent as its eastern namesake, Northland's Mount Hikurangi is also of note. At Template:Convert, this peak overlooks central Northland and is a prominent peak on the skyline at the Bay of Islands,Template:Citation needed the area of the first permanent European settlement in New Zealand.
Hikurangi's height is shown on LINZ maps as Template:Convert<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Template:Convert in a regional plan. It forms the upper catchments of the Awarua, Kaikou and Punakitere rivers. There is a communications mast on the summit, serviced by a track through the bush. The mountain is formed of Cretaceous-Paleocene ophiolitic volcanics. It forms part of Tokawhero Forest, which has been logged. The secondary kauri-podocarp-broadleaved forest is now dominated by totara and kānuka, with kauri, tōwai, taraire, kahikatea, rewarewa, rimu, pukatea, northern rata, tanekaha and miro scattered emergents.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Several uncommon species live in the bush, including Punctidae snails.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
There are also two other hills in the area to the north and west of Whangārei with the same name; a Template:Convert volcanic cone near Hikurangi<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and a Template:Convert hill to the south of the Hikurangi River valley.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Also in Northland, a Template:Convert Hikurangi rises to the south of Taipa.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>