Mount Herbert (Canterbury)

Mount Herbert / Te Ahu Pātiki is, at 919 metres (3,015 ft), the highest peak on Banks Peninsula, New Zealand.

Originally known as Te Ahu Pātiki in honour of a Māori ancestor who came to the region on board the Āraiteuru waka who is said to have turned to stone after failing to return to the waka by daylight, Pākehā settlers to the area renamed the peak after Sidney Herbert, a member of the Canterbury Association.

[5] In 2021, a 500 ha (1,200 acres) property covering the mountain and nearby Mount Bradley was purchased by the Rod Donald Trust after a successful crowdfunding campaign and support from the Christchurch newspaper The Press.

[6] The purchase returned Mount Herbert / Te Ahu Pātiki to public ownership under a charitable trust model in conjunction with local iwi and began a process of forest regeneration in the area.

[8] This includes the establishment of Te Ara Pātaka, a 35-kilometre-long (22 mi) track across much of central Banks Peninsula.