Rural Area in Canterbury, New Zealand
| Glentui | |
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| Rural Area | |
| Coordinates: 43°13′S 172°14′E / 43.22°S 172.24°E / -43.22; 172.24 | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Canterbury |
| Territorial authority | Waimakariri District |
| Ward | Oxford-Ohoka Ward |
| Electorates | Kaikoura Te Tai Tonga (Maori electorate) |
| Time zone | UTC+12 (NZST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+13 (NZDT) |
| Postcode | 7495 |
| Area code | 03 |
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.
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.
Demographics
Glentui is part of the wider Okuku statistical area.
Climate
The average temperature in summer is 16.2 °C, and in winter is 5.9 °C.
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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 | |||||||||||||
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.
| The territorial authority of Waimakariri District, Canterbury, New Zealand | |||||||||||
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