The Huiarau Range is a range of mountains in
Te Urewera
Te Urewera is an area of mostly forested, sparsely populated rugged hill country in the North Island of New Zealand, located inland between the Bay of Plenty and Hawke Bay. Te Urewera is the ''rohe'' (historical home) of Tūhoe, a Māori i ...
in the northeast of
New Zealand
New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...
's
North Island
The North Island ( , 'the fish of Māui', historically New Ulster) is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but less populous South Island by Cook Strait. With an area of , it is the List ...
. Part of the spine of mountains that run roughly parallel with the island's east coast, it is a southwestern extension of the
Raukumara Range, lying between the end of that range and the
North Island Volcanic Plateau
The North Island Volcanic Plateau (often called the Central Plateau and occasionally the Waimarino Plateau) is a volcanic plateau covering much of central North Island of New Zealand with volcanoes, lava plateaus, and crater lakes. It contains t ...
.
Peaks within the range include
Mount Manuoha (1403 m/4602 ft),
Maungataniwha (1369 m/4491 ft), and
Maungapohatu (1366 m/4482 ft).
Lake Waikaremoana
Lake Waikaremoana is located in Te Urewera in the North Island of New Zealand, northwest of Wairoa and west-southwest of Gisborne. It covers an area of . From the Māori Waikaremoana translates as 'sea of rippling waters'.
The lake lies wi ...
lies close to the southern edge of the range.
Mountain ranges of New Zealand
Landforms of the Gisborne District
Landforms of Hawke's Bay
Te Urewera (protected area)
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