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] Today, there are two transmission towers atop Wharite; the main TV/FM tower (Wharite) and a smaller FM-only tower to the south (Wharite South).

Television frequencies

Television Station	Freeview	Owner	Channel	Frequency	Power (kW)
HGTV	19	Warner Bros. Discovery New Zealand	28	530.0 MHz	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	Tower	Power (kW)
Radio New Zealand Concert	Radio New Zealand	89.0 MHz	Main	40
Kia Ora FM	National Māori Radio Network	89.8 MHz	Main	1
ZM	New Zealand Media and Entertainment	90.6 MHz	Main	40
Radio Rhema	Rhema Media	91.4 MHz	South	4
More FM	MediaWorks New Zealand	92.2 MHz	South	80
The Edge		93.0 MHz	South	5
The Sound		93.8 MHz	Main	40
Channel X		94.6 MHz	South	5
The Rock		95.4 MHz	South	5
Mai FM		97.0 MHz	South	5
The Hits	New Zealand Media and Entertainment	97.8 MHz	Main	40
The Breeze	MediaWorks New Zealand	98.6 MHz	South	8
Newstalk ZB	New Zealand Media and Entertainment	100.2 MHz	Main	40
Radio New Zealand National	Radio New Zealand	101.0 MHz	Main	8
PMN 531	Pacific Media Network	103.4 MHz	South	8
Magic	MediaWorks New Zealand	104.2 MHz	South	5
Coast	New Zealand Media and Entertainment	105.8 MHz	Main	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	2V	55.25 MHz	VHF	100
TV2	4V	175.25 MHz	VHF	200
TV3	7V	196.25 MHz	VHF	100
Four	11V	224.25 MHz	VHF	16
Māori Television	46V	671.25 MHz	UHF	250
Prime	62V	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.
^ ^a ^b RSM Register of Radio Frequencies

[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.

[RSM_Register_of_Radio_Frequencies-3] RSM Register of Radio Frequencies

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