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Tapuae-o-Uenuku, formerly Mount Tapuaenuku, is the highest peak in the northeast of New Zealand's South Island. The name translates from Māori as "footprint of the rainbow", though is usually regarded as being named after Chief Tapuaenuku.
   At 2880 metres it's the highest mountain in New Zealand outside the main ranges of the Southern Alps, and over 50 metres taller than the tallest peak in the North Island.
   It dominates the Inland Kaikoura Range, rising high above the valleys of the Clarence and Awatere Rivers. It can be seen from as far away as Cape Terawhiti on the southeastern tip of the North Island, nearly 120 kilometres away, and is a prominent point on the horizon for travellers on the interisland ferries that ply Cook Strait.
   The first European to sight the mountain was James Cook, who called it Mount Odin, but later nicknamed it "The Watcher" since his ship seemed to be visible from it at so many points along the coast. The first Europeans to attempt to climb the mountain were E.J. Eyre, Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster, in 1849 and W.G.H. Hamilton, in 1849. They came within a short distance of the summit but were forced to turn back.

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