A postcard from New Zealand (Faustine, Ninon, Léonie, Céline and Laurent)
  • A postcard from New Zealand (Faustine, Ninon, Léonie, Céline and Laurent)
  • A postcard from New Zealand (Faustine, Ninon, Léonie, Céline and Laurent)

A postcard from New Zealand (Faustine, Ninon, Léonie, Céline and Laurent)

18 825Km

Date of dispatch : 2016-04

Postcard # 1232

Country: New Zealand


About this postcard

Mitre Peak (Māori Rahotu) is an iconic mountain in the South Island of New Zealand. It is one of the most photographed peaks in the country. The distinctive shape of the peak in southern New Zealand gives the mountain its name, after the mitre headwear of Christian bishops. It was named by Captain John Lort Stokes of the HMS AcheronThe Māori name for the peak is Rahotu.