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This latter range contains the highest peak in the ranges, the 2,885-metre (9,465 ft) Tapuae-o-Uenuku, the translation from the Māori of which is the poetic "Footprint of the rainbow." Beyond the Inland Kaikōuras is the valley of the Awatere River , which runs parallel to that of the Waiau Toa / Clarence.
Ka Whata Tu O Rakihouia Conservation Park is a protected area covering part of the Seaward Kaikoura Range. It is located between Kaikōura and Clarence in the Kaikōura District and Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island. [1] The park is managed by the New Zealand Department of Conservation. [1]
A working group led by Nicky McArthur held their first public seminar to promote the Kaikōura dark-sky initiative in February 2021. [8] The Kaikōura Dark Sky Trust was a registered as a charity in New Zealand in 2022, [9] to work towards accreditation of a dark-sky preserve in the Kaikōura area. [10]
Manakau is a mountain peak in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. [2] At 2,608 metres, it is the highest peak of the Seaward Kaikōura Range. [3]Five routes to the summit have been described, [4] including the popular one from Barratts Bivvy [5] (however the bivvy itself was destroyed during 2016 Kaikōura earthquake [6]).
Mount Fyffe is a mountain peak in the Seaward Kaikōura Range, in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. [2] The mountain was named after Robert Fyffe , a whaler who introduced sheep and milking goats to Kaikōura.
The region has a temperate climate with moderate rainfall, averaging 865 mm per year and mean monthly temperatures range from 7.7 °C in July to 16.2 °C in January. [ 3 ] The Kaikōura Peninsula environment is subject to highly energetic processes in terms of both marine and weathering processes.
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The Kaikoura range on the South Island including Mt Tapuae-o-Uenuku can be seen from some places at the southern end of the township. The coast around Pukerua Bay is fairly steep, with only a few houses nestled in a row behind the two sandy beach areas.