Wharite Peak

Wharite Peak
Wharite Peak
	View of Wharite from near Ashhurst, Manawatū
Highest point
Elevation	920 m (3,020 ft)
Coordinates	40°15′17″S 175°51′30″E / 40.25465°S 175.85837°E
Geography
	Wharite Peak Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand
Parent range	Ruahine Range

Wharite Peak is a mountain at the southern end of the Ruahine Range, 9 km (5.6 mi) north of Woodville in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. The mountain is home to the main television and FM radio transmitter for the city of Palmerston North and the wider Manawatu region.

Etymology

Wharite is a corruption of either Whare-Iti ("home of Iti") or Whare-tītī ("nesting place of tītī").^[1]

According to Rangitāne o Manawatu, Wharite was inhabited by Iti a Tohunga from the Ruakawa Pa area below. The Tohunga was banished to the peak due to his small stature and disfigurements. However, Rangitāne o Manawatu still consulted him for his knowledge related to environmental matters.^[1]

Transmitter

A 1 kW television transmitter was established atop Wharite in 1963, relaying WNTV1 from Wellington. It was replaced with a 100 kW transmitter in 1966.^[2] In 2013 the first digital television transmitters were installed.^{[citation needed]}

Television frequencies

Television Station	Freeview	Owner	Channel	Frequency	Band	Power (kW)
HGTV	19	Warner Bros. Discovery New Zealand	28	530.0 MHz	UHF	32
Al Jazeera	20	Al Jazeera Media Network
Shine TV	25	Rhema Media
Hope Channel	27	Seventh-day Adventist Church
Three	3	Warner Bros. Discovery New Zealand	32	562.0 MHz
Bravo	4
Eden	8
Rush	14
TVNZ 1	1	TVNZ	34	578.0 MHz
TVNZ 2	2
TVNZ Duke	6
Sky Open	15	Sky	36	594.0 MHz
Whakaata Māori	5	New Zealand Government	38	610.0 MHz
Te Reo	10	New Zealand Government	38	610.0 MHz

^[3] ^{[note 1]}

Radio frequencies

Radio Station	Owner	Transmit Frequency	Band	Power (kW)
Radio New Zealand Concert	Radio New Zealand	89.0 MHz	VHF	40
Kia Ora FM	National Māori Radio Network	89.8 MHz	VHF	1
ZM	New Zealand Media and Entertainment	90.6 MHz	VHF	40
Radio Rhema	Rhema Media	91.4 MHz	VHF	4
More FM	MediaWorks New Zealand	92.2 MHz	VHF	80
The Edge		93.0 MHz	VHF	5
The Sound		93.8 MHz	VHF	40
Channel X		94.6 MHz	VHF	5
The Rock		95.4 MHz	VHF	5
Mai FM		97.0 MHz	VHF	5
The Hits	New Zealand Media and Entertainment	97.8 MHz	VHF	40
The Breeze	MediaWorks New Zealand	98.6 MHz	VHF	8
Newstalk ZB	New Zealand Media and Entertainment	100.2 MHz	VHF	40
Radio New Zealand National	Radio New Zealand	101.0 MHz	VHF	8
Niu FM	Pacific Media Network	103.4 MHz	VHF	8
Magic	MediaWorks New Zealand	104.2 MHz	VHF	5
Coast	New Zealand Media and Entertainment	105.8 MHz	VHF	12.5

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Former analogue television frequencies

The following frequencies were used until 29 September 2013, when Wharite switched off analogue broadcasts (see Digital changeover dates in New Zealand).

TV Channel	Transmit Channel	Transmit Frequency	Band	Power (kW)
TV One	2	55.25 MHz	VHF	100
TV2	4	175.25 MHz	VHF	200
TV3	7	196.25 MHz	VHF	100
Four	11	224.25 MHz	VHF	16
Māori Television	46	671.25 MHz	UHF	250
Prime	62	799.25 MHz	UHF	250

Notes

^ The table does not include hour-delayed or music television stations.

References

^ ^a ^b "Rangitāne o Manawatu Statutory Acknowledgements" (PDF). Horizons Regional Council. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
^ "Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)". Vol. 351. New Zealand Parliament. 28 June 1967. p. 1394.
^ RSM Register of Radio Frequencies
^ RSM Register of Radio Frequencies

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[4] The table does not include hour-delayed or music television stations.

[:0-1] "Rangitāne o Manawatu Statutory Acknowledgements" (PDF). Horizons Regional Council. Retrieved 6 April 2023.

[2] "Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)". Vol. 351. New Zealand Parliament. 28 June 1967. p. 1394.

[3] RSM Register of Radio Frequencies

[5] RSM Register of Radio Frequencies

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