Whirinaki Forest

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

Whirinaki Region Weather Information

Te Whaiti School weatherstation, Whirinaki, Te Urewera, Aotearoa 'S 38.589574' & 'E 176.776458'. (Updated hourly)

		webcam looking South-West (updated hourly )
			www.metservice.co.nz weather forecast Rural Weather Weather map
			www.metvuw.co.nz day rain forecast Satelite imagery Weather Radar
			Australian Bureau of Meteorology
			Explanation of measurements and Ecosystems Services Value of Rainforests

Be sure to check the date / time (left above) to ensure it is right before you trust these weather readings.
If its more than two hours behind time, please call the School office at (07) 366 3221 to let them know,
but first refresh this page with CNTR (F5) on Internet Explorer

Understanding this page get an explanation >> Rainforests and Global Cooling

Click here for a Summary of Today's conditions

Click here to view all Today's Weather Measurements

Monthly weather records archive

Here schools and others wanting to do research can get a copy of the hourly readings for each month in Excel readable format.
If you use them please acknowledge the source being from Te Kura Toitu o Te Whaiti Nui-a-Toi http://www.whirinakirainforest.info/weather/index.htm
Sorry as this our first real year of results there are sometimes some short gaps for some sensors.

2009 Nov, Dec,
2010 Jan, Feb. Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
2011 Jan. Feb, Mar, Apr, May, June. Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, Note: wind / temp eratic Jan-Feb, wind UV missing from May / June
2012 Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Note: Jan month - wind missing

Also see our first attempt at a spreadsheet to do a water and energy balance for the catchment for the whole of Oct 2010

Our weatherstation project details: http://www.kaitiakitanga.net/projects/1-3-1%20ponga%20whare-energy.htm
Thanks to AUT IT students in 2008-2009 for helping us get this weather software operational on this website, as well as storing historical data on our school Intranet so we can do weather research, track the ozone hole size and global climate cycles etc. If any other school is interested in doing this we share our software configuration details here .

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.