Mount Hobson (Great Barrier Island)

Mount Hobson (Māori: Hirakimatā) is the highest mountain on Great Barrier Island, New Zealand.

Located in the centre of the island, it rises 627 m (2,057 ft) above sea level.

[2] The summit area is a breeding ground for the black petrel,[3] and the track in this part is mostly composed of boardwalks and stairs to protect the breeding areas and prevent erosion.

A number of rare and declining plants on the mainland are largely restricted (or completely restricted) to Great Barrier Island are found on Mount Hobson, these include, Pittosporum kirkii, Epacris sinclairii, Kunzea sinclairii, and also Olearia allomii.

[4] Mount Hobson is the caldera of a complex rhyolite lava dome, which was active between 12 and 8 million years ago as a part of the Coromandel Volcanic Zone.