Whirinaki Forest

Ngati Whare shares Whirinaki, one
of the world's most precious rainforests
at Te Whaiti, Te Urewera, Aotearoa, NZ

Weather Information for Whirinaki Region

For more weather predictions got to www.metvuw.co.nz

3 day rain forecast
Satelite imagery
Weather Radar

SORRY data below is not operational at present

Updated half hourly from our Te Whaiti School weatherstation, Whirinaki, Te Urewera, Aotearoa 'S 38.589574' & 'E 176.776458'.
Our weatherstation project details: http://www.kaitiakitanga.net/projects/1-3-1%20ponga%20whare-energy.htm  

IGNOR RECORDS STATION IN DEVELOPMENT

Click here or a Summary of Todays conditions

Thanks AUT IT students Obaid, Lockesh, Jing and Cary for helping us get this weather display software operational on this website, as well as storing historical data on our school Intranet so we can do research and track the ozone hole size and global warming trends etc.

NOTICES AND OPPORTUNITIES:

Our gift to you - download our Free Whirinaki Wall Calendar

Learn what being a kaitiaki (guardian) in this our place means to us

Mountainbiking - ride the spectacular new Whirinaki MTB track
Tramping in Whirinaki. - Experience our place
Camping at Mangamate Waterfall - upgraded for your 2008/9 hols
Disabled or impaired - Local support and guides are available

WEMZ Project - The Whirinaki Ecological Management Zone
Our Right Royal Kiwi, Princess Beatrice adopted by Prince Andrew
Other species recovery projects - Kiwi, Weka and Kaka

VIDEOCLIPS ON LINE (Index here)
Powhiri - our formal welcome to visitors (see marae visits)
What we and our school are up to download videoclips
Dialoque in our rainforest with Hunter Lovins - US environmentalist

Information - menus at the top of every page access our local services

This site is under constant development thanks to assistance from teams at AUT.  An * in a menu is used to show a function that is not yet available. We are working to establish a multimedia organisation in our community to carry out ongoing development. (Our students at Te Kura Toitu o Te Whaiti Nui-a-Toi were awarded third place in the 2003 NZ school web challenge).  Feedback please to temporary webmaster.