| Mount Karioi | |
|---|---|
 Mt. Karioi, Raglan and Whaingaroa Harbour (February 2012) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 756 m (2,480 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 37°52′S 174°49′E / 37.867°S 174.817°E |
| Naming | |
| English translation | to loiter or idle[2] |
| Language of name | Māori |
| Geography | |
.png)  Mount Karioi North Island, New Zealand | |
| Topo map | BD32 Raglan |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Pliocene |
| Mountain type | Stratovolcano (extinct) |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | from Ruapuke Rd |
Karioi or Mount Karioi is a 2.4 million year old extinct stratovolcano 8 km (5.0 mi) SW of Raglan in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It was the earliest of the line of 6 calcalkalic volcanoes, the largest of which is Mount Pirongia (the others are at Kakepuku, Te Kawa, Tokanui, Waikeria and probably Puketotara).[3] Karioi forms a background to many parts of Raglan.
Karioi was also a Highway Board area around the maunga from 1870 to 1889, when it was absorbed (with Whaingaroa Board area and formed into Karioi Riding) into Raglan County Council. In 1876 it had a population of 112 in 27 houses and in 1889 119 ratepayers, 80 of them absentees.[4]
19th century maps,[5] documents[6] and reports sometimes used the spelling Karehoe.[7]
Karioi is also a location on the Central Plateau (see article on Karioi railway station).
- ^ "Mount Karioi, Waikato". NZ Topo Map.
- ^ "KARIOI MOUNTAIN – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand". Teara.govt.nz. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ^ R. M. Briggs, T. Itaya, D. J. Lowe, A. J. Keane (1989). "Ages of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Alexandra and Ngatutura Volcanics, western North Island, New Zealand, and some geological implications: New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics" (PDF).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Vennell, C. W.; Williams, Susan (1976). Raglan County Hills and Sea: A Centennial History 1876–1976. Wilson & Horton for Raglan County Council. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-86864-002-0.
- ^ "New Zealand, from surveys by J. L. Stokes [and others]". kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz. 1861. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ "Sailing Directions For Whaingaroa Harbour. Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 10 June 1854. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ "Geology of Auckland. New Zealand Herald". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 20 April 1878. Retrieved 6 May 2023.