Glentui is a small rural community in the Waimakariri District, New Zealand. It is well known for Glentui Meadows, a facility frequently used by youth groups and schools for camping. Close to Gentui was

Birch Hill Station A birch is a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus ''Betula'' (), in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams. It is closely related to the beech-oak family Fagaceae. The genus ''Betula'' contains 30 to ...

, a sheep station that was taken up by Theophilus Samuel Mannering in the nineteenth century.

George Edward Mannering George Edward Mannering (31 July 1862 – 29 October 1947), known as Guy Mannering, was a New Zealand banker, mountaineer and writer. He was born in Birch Hill Station, North Canterbury, New Zealand on 31 July 1862. He attended the prep scho ...

, who would later become an mountaineer, was born here in 1862.

Demographics

Glentui is part of the wider Okuku statistical area.

Climate

The average temperature in

summer Summer is the hottest of the four temperate seasons, occurring after spring and before autumn. At or centred on the summer solstice, the earliest sunrise and latest sunset occurs, daylight hours are longest and dark hours are shortest, wit ...

is 16.2 °C, and in

winter Winter is the coldest season of the year in polar and temperate climates. It occurs after autumn and before spring. The tilt of Earth's axis causes seasons; winter occurs when a hemisphere is oriented away from the Sun. Different cultures ...

is 5.9 °C.

References

{{Waimakariri District, New Zealand Waimakariri District Populated places in Canterbury, New Zealand