Mount Moturau is a mountain at height 1,497 m, rising south west of the Hope Arm of Lake Manapouri

Lake Manapouri

Lake Manapouri is a lake in the South Island of New Zealand. Its name is Maori for "sorrowful heart", though this name is misapplied due to an early cartographical error...

 and clearly visible from Manapouri

Manapouri

Manapouri is a small town in Southland / Fiordland, in the southwest corner of the South Island, in New Zealand. Located at the edge of the Fiordland National Park, on the eastern shore of Lake Manapouri, close to its outflow into the Waiau River, tourist boat services are based in the...

 township. Note: Topographic map C44, Hunter Mountains

Hunter Mountains

The Hunter Mountains of Lake Manapouri New Zealand named by Surveyor James McKerrow after the Famous anatomist John Hunter. The Hunter Mountain Range covers an area between The South Arm and Hope Arm of Lake Manapouri South to the Green Lake...

, GR 2080950E 5497500N. Not named on official mapping pre 10 May 2001.

History

The name Moturau was originally the Maori name for the summer village of what is now known as Manapouri. It is also the name of a tourist vessel on Lake Manapouri

Lake Manapouri

Lake Manapouri is a lake in the South Island of New Zealand. Its name is Maori for "sorrowful heart", though this name is misapplied due to an early cartographical error...

 as well as a hut on the Kepler Track

Kepler Track

The Kepler Track is a circular tramping track which travels through some of the spectacular scenery on the South Island of New Zealand. The track passes through many landscapes of the Fiordland National Park ranging from rocky mountain ridges to tall mossy forests, from lake shores to deep gorges....

and was said to be an older name for Lake Manapouri itself.