Hapuakohe Range

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'''Hapuakohe Range''' of hills is aligned north-south, between the [[Waikato River]] and the [[Hauraki Plains]] in the [[Waikato]] region of [[New Zealand]]. It is separated from the [[Mount Taupiri|Taupiri Range]] by an [[Wind gap|air-gap]] at [[Whitikahu#Mangawara|Mangawara]],<ref></ref> where the Waikato flowed about 20,000 years ago.<ref name=":92">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

== Named summits and road ==
From north to south, the features named on the [[Land Information New Zealand|LINZ]] map are:
[[File:Extract_of_Auckland_1_to_250,000_geology_map.png|thumb|Hapuakohe Range on 1 to 250,000 geology map]]

* Pukekamaka

* Okaeria
* Karamuroa
* Otane
* Ikeike (west of main ridge - a low priority walkway plan<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> may link them<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>)
* Matahuru Rd (in 2007 the lower part of the road averaged 61 vehicles a day)<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
* Maungakawa ([[Chorus Limited|Chorus]] Ltd's microwave tower on the summit is about high.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> There is also a [[Maungakawa]] hill near [[Cambridge, New Zealand|Cambridge]])
* Pukeitionga
* Tirotiro (east of main ridge)
* Maukoro (east of main ridge)
* Pororua (west of main ridge)
* Hapuakohe
* Ngaraparapa
* Te Hoe
* Tauwhare
* Te Heru
* Puketutu Pā
* Ruakiwi Pā

== Geology ==
As shown on this [[GNS Science|GNS]] map, the Hapuakohe Range is mainly formed of [[greywacke]]<ref name=":0" /> of the [[Jurassic]] Manaia Hill Group (shown as Jm on map). Overlain with [[volcanic ash]], they've mainly formed clay [[podzol]] soils, with poor drainage,<ref name=":2" /> which are prone to [[sheet erosion]], particularly on grazed, steep land.<ref></ref>

[[Cenozoic]] [[Intrusive rock|intrusive]] rocks surface at either end of the range; Tahuna unit (Mkt) at the south end<ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> is 6-7 [[Year#SI prefix multipliers|Ma]] [[basaltic andesite]] and [[Pyroxene|pyroxene andesite]], with eroded remnants of [[lava]] flows and volcanic [[breccia]]<nowiki/>s. Miranda Unit (Mkm), at the north end, is 13-10 Ma, also of basaltic and pyroxene andesite, but including [[dacite]], [[tuff]] and [[hornblende]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (2 for 1)</ref>

== Hapuakohe Walkway ==
[[File:Mt_Karioi_from_Maungakawa.jpg|alt=|thumb|[[Karioi|Mt Karioi]], on the south western horizon, from Maungakawa]]
There is a [[Department of Conservation (New Zealand)|Department of Conservation]] walkway<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> along the range, allowing excellent views of Mt [[Te Aroha]], [[Firth of Thames]], [[Huntly Power Station|Huntly power station]], hill country south of Auckland and the [[Waikato Plains]].<ref></ref>

== Ecology ==
The Hapuakohe Range includes Hapuakohe Conservation and Ecological () areas,<ref name=":3"></ref> [[Mangapiko Stream|Mangapiko]] Valley () and Matahuru ()<ref></ref> scenic reserves,<ref></ref> A warm, humid climate influences growth, with rainfall of to a year.<ref name=":2" />

The natural vegetation was [[Agathis australis|kauri]] forest, often mixed with [[Podocarpaceae|podocarps]], and, at the southern end, with [[Nothofagus truncata|hard beech]], with [[Dacrydium cupressinum|rimu]]–[[Beilschmiedia tawa|tawa]] forest at higher levels and [[Dacrycarpus dacrydioides|kahikatea]] on the flood plains. [[Phyllocladus trichomanoides|Tanekaha]], [[Knightia excelsa|rewarewa]], [[Coprosma propinqua|mingimingi]], [[Leptecophylla juniperina|prickly mingimingi]], [[Cyathea dealbata|silver fern]], [[Dicksonia squarrosa|wheki]], [[Kunzea ericoides|kanuka]] and [[puriri]] are also common and there is some [[Beilschmiedia tarairi|taraire]]. All the large kauri trees have been [[Deforestation in New Zealand|logged]], but now about 42% of the native vegetation is protected from clearance, some 58% of the rest being kanuka and [[Leptospermum scoparium|manuka]] scrubland, mainly on the eastern foothills. <ref name=":2">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

No detailed survey of native animals seems to have been done. [[New Zealand pigeon|Kereru]] and [[Copper skink|copper skinks]] are present. [[New Zealand long-tailed bat|Longtailed bats]], [[New Zealand falcon|NZ falcon]], [[Hochstetter's frog|Hochstetter’s]] and [[Archey's frog|Archey’s]] frogs, [[forest gecko]] and [[Naultinus|green geckos]] are likely to be in the Range. Until the 1980s [[Kōkako|kokako]] were in the area, but thought to be locally extinct now,<ref name=":2" /> though numbers have recovered in the [[Hunua Ranges]] to the north.<ref></ref>

== References ==





[[Category:Landforms of Waikato]]
[[Category:Mountain ranges of New Zealand]]
[[Category:Waikato District]]
[[Category:Hauraki District]]

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