Mount Herbert, Mountain summit in Banks Peninsula, New Zealand.

Mount Herbert is the highest peak of Banks Peninsula, rising 919 meters above sea level. The terrain shifts between forest cover and open grasslands as you move across the slopes.

The peak's Māori name Te Ahu Pātiki honours an ancestor who arrived on the Āraiteuru waka and is said to have turned to stone after failing to return by daylight. Pākehā settlers renamed it after Sidney Herbert of the Canterbury Association. In 1998 the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act combined both names. From 1866 to 1870 Mount Herbert was also a general electorate.

The name Te Ahu Pātiki honours a Māori ancestor who arrived on the Āraiteuru waka and is said to have turned to stone after failing to return to the canoe by daylight. Pākehā settlers renamed the peak after Sidney Herbert of the Canterbury Association, and the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998 combined both names.

The Mount Herbert Walkway covers about 14 kilometers return and takes 6 to 8 hours to complete. You can start from Diamond Harbour or Gebbies Pass depending on which approach suits you best.

The 2021 purchase of a 500 ha property covering Mount Herbert and nearby Mount Bradley by the Rod Donald Trust, backed by a crowdfunding campaign and The Press, returned the peak to public ownership under a charitable trust with local iwi and began forest regeneration.