Minginui | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 38°34′57″S 176°46′56″E / 38.58250°S 176.78222°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Bay of Plenty |
Territorial authority | Whakatāne District |
Ward | Galatea-Murupara |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 1,464 |
Minginui is a town in Whakatāne District and Bay of Plenty Region on New Zealand's North Island.
The Whirinaki Te Pua-a-Tāne Conservation Park is located near the town.[1]
In 1978, there was confrontation between the local community and conservationists over native forest logging in the park, then known as Whirinaki State Forest. Four bus loads of conservationists arrived in Minginui from an ECO conference being held in Taupō. The local residents barricaded the road leading to the forest preventing a planned bush walk.[2]
The 2006 New Zealand census recorded the population for the area as 1464, a reduction of 300 from 1996.[3]
Climate
Climate data for Minginui Forest, elevation 366 m (1,201 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1953–1989) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 34.5 (94.1) |
32.6 (90.7) |
29.6 (85.3) |
26.1 (79.0) |
21.4 (70.5) |
18.2 (64.8) |
17.3 (63.1) |
19.8 (67.6) |
22.5 (72.5) |
28.2 (82.8) |
29.0 (84.2) |
31.3 (88.3) |
34.5 (94.1) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 23.5 (74.3) |
23.3 (73.9) |
21.0 (69.8) |
17.7 (63.9) |
14.8 (58.6) |
12.1 (53.8) |
11.7 (53.1) |
12.7 (54.9) |
14.9 (58.8) |
17.0 (62.6) |
19.5 (67.1) |
21.5 (70.7) |
17.5 (63.5) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 16.9 (62.4) |
17.1 (62.8) |
15.0 (59.0) |
11.6 (52.9) |
9.2 (48.6) |
7.0 (44.6) |
6.2 (43.2) |
7.0 (44.6) |
9.2 (48.6) |
11.4 (52.5) |
13.6 (56.5) |
15.5 (59.9) |
11.6 (53.0) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 10.4 (50.7) |
11.0 (51.8) |
9.0 (48.2) |
5.5 (41.9) |
3.5 (38.3) |
1.9 (35.4) |
0.6 (33.1) |
1.3 (34.3) |
3.5 (38.3) |
5.7 (42.3) |
7.6 (45.7) |
9.6 (49.3) |
5.8 (42.4) |
Record low °C (°F) | −1.1 (30.0) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−10.5 (13.1) |
−10.7 (12.7) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 146.7 (5.78) |
77.1 (3.04) |
114.0 (4.49) |
82.4 (3.24) |
100.1 (3.94) |
129.7 (5.11) |
91.0 (3.58) |
97.7 (3.85) |
114.7 (4.52) |
119.9 (4.72) |
95.2 (3.75) |
138.0 (5.43) |
1,306.5 (51.45) |
Source: NIWA[4][5] |
References
- ^ "Minginui Travel Guide". Jasons Travel Media.
- ^ "A Town Turns Out to Man the Barricades". NZ Herald. 5 June 1978.
- ^ "2006 census results". stats.govt.nz. Statistics New Zealand.
- ^ "CliFlo – National Climate Database : Minginui Forest". NIWA. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "CliFlo -The National Climate Database (Agent number: 1485)". NIWA. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
External links
- Minginui Village - Information site
38°38′31″S 176°43′57″E / 38.641918°S 176.732598°E