Editing Mount Cook Village (section)

{{Short description|Settlement in Canterbury, New Zealand}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Mount Cook Village
| other_name               = 
| image_skyline            = View over Mount Cook Village to The Footstool and Mount Cook.jpg
| image_caption            = Mount Cook Village down below in Hooker Valley, [[The Hermitage Hotel, Mount Cook Village|The Hermitage]] on the left, lodge and motel complex on the bottom right
| pushpin_map              = 
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| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = New Zealand
| subdivision_type2        = Island
| subdivision_type3        = Region
| subdivision_name2        = [[South Island]]
| subdivision_name3        = [[Canterbury]]
| subdivision_type4        = Territorial Authority
| subdivision_name4        = [[Mackenzie District]]
| subdivision_type5        = Ward
| subdivision_name5        = Pukaki Ward
| subdivision_type6        = Community
| subdivision_name6        = Twizel Community
| elevation_m              = 750
| area_footnotes           = <ref name="Area"/>
| area_total_km2           = 4.26
| population_footnotes     = {{NZ population data 2018||||y}}
| population_total         = {{NZ population data 2018|Mt Cook Village|y}}
| population_as_of         = {{NZ population data 2018|||y}}
| population_density_km2   = auto
| website                  = 
| seat_type                = Electorates
| seat                     = {{ubl|[[Waitaki (New Zealand electorate)|Waitaki]]|[[Te Tai Tonga]] (Māori)}}
| leader_title             = {{nowrap|Territorial authority}}
| leader_name              = [[Mackenzie District Council]]
| leader_title1            = Regional council
| leader_name1             = [[Environment Canterbury]]
| leader_title2            = [[Mayor of Mackenzie]]
| leader_name2             = {{NZ officeholder data|Mackenzie District Mayor|y}}
| leader_title3            = [[Waitaki (New Zealand electorate)|Waitaki MP]]
| leader_name3             = {{NZ officeholder data|Waitaki MP|y}}
| leader_title4            = [[Te Tai Tonga|Te Tai Tonga MP]]
| leader_name4             = {{NZ officeholder data|Te Tai Tonga MP|y}}
| official_name            = Aoraki / Mount Cook
| settlement_type          = Town
}}

'''Mount Cook Village''', officially '''Aoraki / Mount Cook''',{{Efn|name=Spaces-slashes}} is located within New Zealand's [[Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park]] at the end of {{NZlSH|80}}, only {{convert|15|km|mi}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Aoraki/Mount Cook, Canterbury - NZ Topo Map |url=http://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap/nz26116/Aoraki%2fMount-Cook/Canterbury |accessdate=2016-08-25 |website=NZ Topo Map |publisher=[[Land Information New Zealand]]}}</ref> south of the summit of the country's highest mountain, also called [[Aoraki / Mount Cook]], in the [[Southern Alps]].

Because it is situated inside a [[National parks of New Zealand|national park]], it is not possible to own property in Mount Cook Village; however, because of the year-round operation of the hotel and motels, the village has a small permanent population of around 250.<ref name=pandp />

All buildings and facilities operate on concessions and leases from the government. The village has no grocery stores apart from a small in-hotel convenience store.  The nearest [[supermarket]] is {{convert|65|km}} away in [[Twizel]], the closest town. There is a self-service [[gasoline|petrol]] pump behind the hotel complex; however, the fuel price reflects the remote location.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

Mount Cook Village operates a small school with a roll as low as a dozen children, the only school in New Zealand inside a national park.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]]|date=12 Aug 2016|author=Charlie Mitchell|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/83062112/mt-cook-the-tiny-school-in-the-shadow-of-the-mountain|title=Mt Cook: The tiny school in the shadow of the mountain|accessdate=2016-08-25}}</ref>