Glentui
Rural Area in Canterbury, New Zealand
43°13′S 172°14′E / 43.22°S 172.24°E / -43.22; 172.24Te Tai Tonga (Maori electorate)[1]
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Glentui is a small rural community in the Waimakariri District, New Zealand. It is well known for Glentui Meadows, a facility frequently used by youth groups and schools for camping.[2]
Close to Gentui was Birch Hill Station, a sheep station that was taken up by Theophilus Samuel Mannering in the nineteenth century. George Edward Mannering, who would later become an mountaineer, was born here in 1862.[3]
Demographics
Glentui is part of the wider Okuku statistical area.[4]
Climate
The average temperature in summer is 16.2 °C, and in winter is 5.9 °C.[5]
Climate data for Glentui, New Zealand | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 16.8 (62.2) | 16.3 (61.3) | 14.6 (58.3) | 11.6 (52.9) | 8.3 (46.9) | 5.8 (42.4) | 5.3 (41.5) | 6.5 (43.7) | 8.9 (48.0) | 11.2 (52.2) | 13.3 (55.9) | 15.5 (59.9) | 11.2 (52.2) |
Source: Norwegian Meteorological Institute[6] |
References
- ^ "Electorate Boundaries". Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ^ "Glentui Meadows Group Accommodation". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ^ Elworthy, Sam. "George Edward Mannering". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ 2018 Census place summary: Okuku
- ^ "Weather statistics for Glentui, Canterbury (New Zealand)". yr.no. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
- ^ "Climate Data and Activities". Norwegian Meteorological Institute. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
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