Mount Hector (Pukemoumou) is one of the highest peaks in the Tararua Range,[1] situated in the lower North Island of New Zealand.

The peak is named after James Hector a leading scientist in New Zealand during the 19th century.

[2] Mt Hector is the site of a memorial cross commemorating trampers killed in the Second World War.

[3] Its Māori name is Pukemoumou, or ‘hill of desolation’.

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