Editing Mount Cook Village (section)

==History==
The first building at the location of Mount Cook Village was the second Hermitage hotel, built in 1913 and opened in 1914; however, that building burned to the ground in 1957 and was replaced in 1958 by what later became the current hotel.

The 1960s and 1970s saw significant extensions to the hotel and Mount Cook Village, including water mains, sewerage treatment, local streets, and the sealing of State Highway 80, which greatly improved access. A local fire brigade was established in 1976.<ref name=pandp />

The official name of the settlement was amended to a [[List of dual place names in New Zealand|dual name]], Aoraki / Mount Cook,{{Efn|The town’s official name, as it was changed in 1998, is 'Aoraki/Mount Cook', without spaces between names. It is expected that the [[New Zealand Geographic Board]] will change the name to include spaces around the slash in future.|name=Spaces-slashes}} by the [[Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzlii.org/nz/legis/hist_act/ntcsa19981998n97295|title=Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998}}</ref>