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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 13, Issue 7 (October 1, 1938)

Highest Survey Trig in New Zealand, 9,467 feet

Highest Survey Trig in New Zealand, 9,467 feet.

In 1895 a topographical and trignometrical survey of the district necessitated the erection of a trig-station on the summit of the Kaikoura Range. From the Gladstone Station, in the Awatere Valley, a survey party followed up the Hodder River through precipitous gorges to the south saddle on the main divide. This party carried the heavy tripod and transit theodolite equipment to the top of Tapuaenuku, and to-day it remains the highest trig in New Zealand. When the accurate survey was completed the old name Mt. Odin, which had appeared on early colonial maps, was erased, and the grand Maori title for this isolated prominence was revived.