Kaitoke

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Kaitoke (sometimes called Pakuratahi), part of Upper Hutt City, is a locality in the southern North Island of New Zealand. It is located at the northern end of the Hutt Valley, 45 kilometres northeast of Wellington City and six kilometres from the northern end of the Upper Hutt urban area. It also lies at the southern end of the Tararua Ranges.

The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "eat worms" for Kaitoke.

The first Youth Hostel in the North Island was established in the old Ministry of Works barracks at Kaitoke, which were behind the Post Office and alongside the Kaitoke Hall. The Post Office, the Hall, and the Youth Hostel were the only buildings of the settlement.

The Pākuratahi River flows through the eastern Kaitoke Basin from its source in the Remutaka Ranges. The old route of the Wairarapa Line railway, which closed with the opening of the Rimutaka Tunnel in November 1955, ran from Upper Hutt via Maymorn to Kaitoke and around Goat Rock up the Pakuratahi to the Summit, and from there, because of excessive steepness, the Fell mountain railway system was used to aid trains on the Rimutaka Incline between Summit and Cross Creek. This railway is now the Remutaka Rail Trail. The Hutt River has its source to the north of Kaitoke, and much of the land in the vicinity is used as a water supply reserve. Filming, rafting, swimming and other human activity all take place downstream of the water intake.

Recreation

Kaitoke Regional Park has a range of facilities that attracts picnics, hiking, horse riding, swimming, camping and weddings. The park includes a filming location for exterior shots of Rivendell for the movie The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

The "Puffer" tramping track providing access into the Tararua Forest Park climbs from Kaitoke onto and along the Marchant Ridge. Merchant Ridge is the part of the Tararuas that is prominently visible from Wellington. The Marchant Track has a side track leading to the Tauherenikau Valley. The end of the Marchant Ridge (after four hours of 'up hill, all the way, both ways') leads to Mount Alpha, and onto The Southern Crossing. The entire track to Alpha skirts the Hutt Water Collection Area.

The Remutaka Rail Trail where people cycle and walk is accessed from Kaitoke. Other facilities included a small airstrip operated by the Upper Valley Gliding Club for the purposes of gliding the area's thermals. The Upper Valley Gliding Club closed in the mid 2020s. There is a mixed sport gun range called Kaitoke Range Complex that is used by the Wellington Service Rifle Association, the Historical Arms Association and the Green Mountain Boys Cowboy Action Shooting Club. There is a motorsport karting track since the 1970s run by KartSport Wellington.

Climate

|metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Kaitoke (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1966–1998) | Jan record high C = 29.0 | Feb record high C = 30.4 | Mar record high C = 29.0 | Apr record high C = 26.0 | May record high C = 21.6 | Jun record high C = 17.9 | Jul record high C = 19.0 | Aug record high C = 17.2 | Sep record high C = 22.1 | Oct record high C = 22.6 | Nov record high C = 26.1 | Dec record high C = 28.7 | year record high C = 30.4 |Jan record low C = 0.8 |Feb record low C = -2.0 |Mar record low C = -3.5 |Apr record low C = -4.6 |May record low C = -4.4 |Jun record low C = -6.5 |Jul record low C = -5.7 |Aug record low C = -6.3 |Sep record low C = -4.0 |Oct record low C = -3.9 |Nov record low C = -2.5 |Dec record low C = -1.0 |year record low C = -6.5 |Jan high C = 20.6 |Feb high C = 21.3 |Mar high C = 19.4 |Apr high C = 17.0 |May high C = 14.6 |Jun high C = 11.8 |Jul high C = 11.6 |Aug high C = 12.1 |Sep high C = 13.6 |Oct high C = 15.2 |Nov high C = 16.8 |Dec high C = 19.1 | year high C = |Jan mean C = 15.9 |Feb mean C = 16.2 |Mar mean C = 14.4 |Apr mean C = 11.9 |May mean C = 10.1 |Jun mean C = 7.9 |Jul mean C = 7.4 |Aug mean C = 7.6 |Sep mean C = 9.4 |Oct mean C = 10.6 |Nov mean C = 11.9 |Dec mean C = 14.5 | year mean C = |Jan low C = 11.2 |Feb low C = 11.0 |Mar low C = 9.3 |Apr low C = 6.8 |May low C = 5.5 |Jun low C = 3.9 |Jul low C = 3.2 |Aug low C = 3.1 |Sep low C = 5.1 |Oct low C = 5.9 |Nov low C = 7.0 |Dec low C = 9.8 | year low C = |rain colour = green |Jan rain mm = 116.8 |Feb rain mm = 133.9 |Mar rain mm = 131.7 |Apr rain mm = 178.9 |May rain mm = 120.8 |Jun rain mm = 210.3 |Jul rain mm = 237.5 |Aug rain mm = 210.8 |Sep rain mm = 202.6 |Oct rain mm = 300.6 |Nov rain mm = 235.7 |Dec rain mm = 148.1 |year rain mm = |Jan sun = 223.4 |Feb sun = 184.5 |Mar sun = 159.7 |Apr sun = 140.4 |May sun = 100.0 |Jun sun = 62.0 |Jul sun = 84.3 |Aug sun = 102.2 |Sep sun = 119.1 |Oct sun = 157.8 |Nov sun = 150.7 |Dec sun = 177.4 |year sun = |source 1 = NIWA (sun 1981–2010) |url = http://cliflo.niwa.co.nz |title = CliFlo – National Climate Database : Ohakune Ews |publisher = NIWA |access-date = 20 May 2024}}{{cite web |url = https://cliflo.niwa.co.nz/ |title = CliFlo -The National Climate Database (Agent number: 3460) |publisher = NIWA |access-date = 5 Jun 2024}}

References

References

  1. (6 August 2019). "1000 Māori place names". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
  2. "Kaitoke Regional Park".
  3. "Remutaka Rail Trail".
  4. "Upper Valley Gliding Club".
  5. "Gliding Club, Kaitoke; Mayor Rex Kirton and Tony van Dyk in the hangar.".
  6. (May 2024). "Pākuratahi Forest - Expression of Interest for use of former glider club site and facilities". Greater Wellington Council.
  7. "Kaitoke Range Complex".
  8. "KartSport Wellington".

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