Maungatua
in Dunedin City of Otago, New Zealand

How to get there and get around
Location Summary
Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
-45.900 and 170.150 (Lat./Lng.)
Coordinates by Time:
S -45° 54' 0" and E 170° 8' 59"
Currency and Currency Code:
Dollar - NZD
Spoken languages:
English, Maori
Local electricity:
230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
Local Time: 05:59 AM (Wednesday)
Timezone: Pacific/Auckland
UTC/GMT offset: 12 hours
Sunrise and Sunset:
5:43 am and 9:15 pm
Antipode Coordinates:
43.275 and -8.988 (Lat./Lng.)
Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Corme-Aldea
References
This place on Geonames.org
Current travel safety evaluation for New Zealand in Australia and New Zealand

Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to New Zealand.

Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning New Zealand. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03

Discover Maungatua

Maungatua in Dunedin City (Otago) is a town in New Zealand about 394 mi (or 634 km) south-west of Wellington, the country's capital city.

Current time in Maungatua is now 05:59 AM (Wednesday). The local timezone is named Pacific / Auckland with an UTC offset of 13 hours. We know of 9 airports near Maungatua, of which one is a larger airport. The closest airport in New Zealand is Dunedin Airport in a distance of 3 mi (or 5 km), South-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).

When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Dunedin, Invercargill, Christchurch, Greymouth and . To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.

Local weather forecast

Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 21°C / 69 °F

Morning Temperature 14°C / 58 °F
Evening Temperature 22°C / 71 °F
Night Temperature 16°C / 61 °F
Chance of rainfall 0%
Air Humidity 64%
Air Pressure 1007 hPa
Wind Speed Moderate breeze with 11 km/h (7 mph) from South-West
Cloud Conditions Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky
General Conditions Overcast clouds

Thursday, 5th of December 2024

20°C (68 °F)
12°C (54 °F)
Sky is clear, strong breeze, clear sky.

Friday, 6th of December 2024

13°C (56 °F)
13°C (56 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, broken clouds.

Saturday, 7th of December 2024

15°C (58 °F)
12°C (53 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.

Videos from this area

These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.

The grass may be greener (but it's just as hard to cut)..

Published: April 19, 2013
Length: 52:26 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Christopher Fitzsimons

Cutting silage and balage in the South Island of New Zealand during 2012/13 season for Flett Contracting Working out of their base in Outram. Covering the Taieri Plains, Lee Stream, Middlemarch,...


FPV quadcopter prop failure.. and crash

Published: May 13, 2014
Length: 45:51 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Speedfreak NZ

Trying out some different camera mounts to get rid of the "jello" effect on a new Mobius camera and I have a major propeller failure :-)


Special Rigs For Special Kids: PT 2b

Published: September 01, 2007
Length: 39:15 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: SkylineObsession .

Part 2 of 6 of the truck convoy near Allanton (NO SOUND). Filmed at the corner just over the Taieri River bridge west of the Allanton township in Dunedin, New Zealand. 233 trucks in total!


FPV250 with Boscam TR1 FPV camera.

Published: September 11, 2014
Length: 51:28 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Speedfreak NZ

Sorry, a very lazy edit of some FPV250 quad footage taken while cruising around the DMAC field, having a lot of fun flying them rather than spending time editing the footage :-)


Second day of the DMAC airfield floods, out come the boats !

Published: June 30, 2013
Length: 04:54 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Speedfreak NZ


HK Phantom FPV, now with two camera's !!

Published: August 06, 2013
Length: 38:03 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Speedfreak NZ

FPV Phantoms, the chase model is using the Camone, the lead model has a Gopro hero.


VT V6 Towing Ability

Published: November 22, 2009
Length: 20:43 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: Gav Wilmsy

After my boss had been towing a VP V8 on a car trailer for a couple hundred kms we found a friend who had broken the gearbox on his Supra. So we hooked a rope to it and towed it home.


Testing gates for FPV quad racing.

Published: January 21, 2015
Length: 46:35 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Speedfreak NZ

Trying out the new gates Sarge made for quad racing, lots of crashes, to test the gates durability off course :-)


RC Tornado flight, then crash, then electrocution (not the model.. me)

Published: February 28, 2011
Length: 17:33 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Speedfreak NZ

Panavia Tornado, powered by a RC lander 64mm alloy EDF, 60amp ESC, 2200mAh battery, HXT900 servos and a SG13 metal gear for swing wing. Kit needs some work to fit the Lander EDF, but ...


Air New Zealand Boeing 737-300 arrival/departure at Dunedin

Published: February 18, 2013
Length: 01:06 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: Pullisto

Boeing 737-300s as seen landing and take off at dusk at the north end of the runway, with railway level crossing type barriers protecting the roadway over approach. Now that many airports are...


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Attractions and noteworthy things

Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.

Maungatua

Often incorrectly called The Maungatuas or The Maungatua Range, Maungatua is a prominent ridge which dominates the skyline of the Taieri Plains in Otago, New Zealand. Rising 900 metres above the floodplain of the Taieri River, directly to the west of Dunedin's airport at Momona, it can be clearly seen from much of Dunedin's urban area, 35 kilometres to the east, and from as far south as the outskirts of Balclutha, 65 kilometres to the southwest.

Located at -45.8833, 170.117 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Mountains of the Otago Region

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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Maungaatua, Mangatua