Engineering:Wharite Peak

Wharite Peak
View of Wharite from near Ashhurst, Manawatū
Highest point
Elevation	920 m (3,020 ft)
Coordinates
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.

Transmitter

The main Wharite 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. In 2013 the first digital television transmitters were installed.

Television frequencies

Television Station	Transmit Channel	Transmit Frequency	Band	Power (kW)
Kordia digital	28	530.0 MHz	UHF	32
Sky digital (encrypted)	30	546.0 MHz	UHF
Discovery NZ digital	32	562.0 MHz	UHF
TVNZ digital	34	578.0 MHz	UHF
Kordia digital A	36	594.0 MHz	UHF
Māori Television digital	38	610.0 MHz	UHF

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		91.4 MHz	VHF	4
More FM	MediaWorks New Zealand	92.2 MHz	VHF	80
The Edge		93.0 MHz	VHF	5
Magic Talk		93.8 MHz	VHF	40
The Sound		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 Music	MediaWorks New Zealand	104.2 MHz	VHF	5
Coast	New Zealand Media and Entertainment	105.8 MHz	VHF	12.5

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