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{{Short description|Locality in Gisborne District, New Zealand}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
'''Mōtū''' is a rural community in the [[Gisborne District]] of [[New Zealand]]'s [[North Island]]. It is located north of [[Matawai, New Zealand|Matawai]] and [[New Zealand State Highway 2|State Highway 2]]. The community is centred around [[Mōtū River]] and Mōtū Falls.<ref name="hariss">{{cite web |last1=Hariss |first1=Gavin |title=Motu, Gisborne |url=https://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap/nz3032/Motu/ |website=topomap.co.nz |publisher=NZ Topo Map}}</ref>
==Education==
Motu School is a Year 1–8 co-educational state primary school.<ref name="ero">{{cite web |title=Education Review Office Report |url=http://www.ero.govt.nz/report-view?id=2616 |website=ero.govt.nz |publisher=[[Education Review Office]]}}</ref> In 2019, it was a [[Socioeconomic decile|decile 7]] school with a roll of 5.<ref name="moe">{{cite web |title=Ministry of Education School Profile |url=https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/find-school/school/profile?district=28&region=5&school=2616 |website=educationcounts.govt.nz |publisher=[[Ministry of Education (New Zealand)|Ministry of Education]]}}</ref>
==Climate==
Mōtū has mild summers and frosty winters, with an average of 8 days rising above {{convert|25|°C|0}} and 43 nights dropping below {{convert|0|°C|0}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cliflo.niwa.co.nz/|title=CliFlo -The National Climate Database (Agent number: 1905, date range: 1991–2020)|publisher=NIWA |access-date=18 Aug 2024 }}</ref>
{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
|single line=y
|collapsed = Y
|location = Motu, elevation {{convert|488|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1990–present)
| Jan record high C = 31.1
| Feb record high C = 32.5
| Mar record high C = 27.6
| Apr record high C = 25.7
| May record high C = 21.9
| Jun record high C = 19.6
| Jul record high C = 17.7
| Aug record high C = 20.9
| Sep record high C = 25.8
| Oct record high C = 26.9
| Nov record high C = 28.4
| Dec record high C = 28.7
| year record high C = 32.5
| Jan avg record high C  = 26.5
| Feb avg record high C  = 26.4
| Mar avg record high C  = 24.1
| Apr avg record high C  = 21.5
| May avg record high C  = 18.5
| Jun avg record high C  = 15.5
| Jul avg record high C  = 14.5
| Aug avg record high C  = 15.9
| Sep avg record high C  = 18.7
| Oct avg record high C  = 21.1
| Nov avg record high C  = 22.9
| Dec avg record high C  = 24.6
| year avg record high C = 27.5
|Jan high C = 	21.2
|Feb high C = 	21.2
|Mar high C = 	19.1
|Apr high C = 	16.6
|May high C = 	13.8
|Jun high C = 	11.4
|Jul high C = 	10.6
|Aug high C = 	11.6
|Sep high C = 	13.2
|Oct high C = 	15.2
|Nov high C = 	17.0
|Dec high C = 	19.3
| year high C =
|Jan mean C = 	15.9
|Feb mean C = 	16.1
|Mar mean C = 	14.1
|Apr mean C = 	11.6
|May mean C = 	9.2
|Jun mean C = 	6.8
|Jul mean C = 	6.4
|Aug mean C = 	6.9
|Sep mean C = 	8.7
|Oct mean C = 	10.5
|Nov mean C = 	12.1
|Dec mean C = 	14.4
| year mean C =
|Jan low C = 	10.6
|Feb low C = 	11.1
|Mar low C = 	9.0
|Apr low C = 	6.6
|May low C = 	4.5
|Jun low C = 	2.3
|Jul low C = 	2.2
|Aug low C = 	2.3
|Sep low C = 	4.2
|Oct low C = 	5.8
|Nov low C = 	7.2
|Dec low C = 	9.5
| year low C =
| Jan avg record low C  = 3.2
| Feb avg record low C  = 3.9
| Mar avg record low C  = 1.4
| Apr avg record low C  = -2.3
| May avg record low C  = -3.5
| Jun avg record low C  = -4.9
| Jul avg record low C  = -5.0
| Aug avg record low C  = -4.6
| Sep avg record low C  = -3.5
| Oct avg record low C  = -1.8
| Nov avg record low C  = -0.3
| Dec avg record low C  = 2.5
| year avg record low C = -6.1
|Jan record low C  = -1.0
|Feb record low C  = -0.9
|Mar record low C  = -2.7
|Apr record low C  = -6.1
|May record low C  =  -7.8
|Jun record low C  = -7.5
|Jul record low C  = -8.4
|Aug record low C  = -7.8
|Sep record low C  = -6.6
|Oct record low C  = -5.8
|Nov record low C  = -4.6
|Dec record low C  = -1.2
|year record low C = -8.4
|rain colour = green
|Jan rain mm = 	134.2
|Feb rain mm = 	118.8
|Mar rain mm = 	134.8
|Apr rain mm = 	154.9
|May rain mm = 	200.5
|Jun rain mm = 	230.8
|Jul rain mm = 	197.4
|Aug rain mm = 	194.4
|Sep rain mm = 	199.3
|Oct rain mm = 	182.1
|Nov rain mm = 	164.9
|Dec rain mm = 	171.4
|year rain mm =
|source 1 = NIWA<ref name= NIWA>
{{cite web
|url = http://cliflo.niwa.co.nz
|title = CliFlo – National Climate Database : Motu Ews
|publisher = NIWA
|access-date = 20 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url = https://cliflo.niwa.co.nz/
|title = CliFlo -The National Climate Database (Agent number: 1905)
|publisher = NIWA
|access-date = 27 Aug 2024}}</ref>
}}
==References==
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{{coord|38.256127|S|177.547872|E|display=title|region:NZ_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}}
{{Gisborne District}}
[[Category:Populated places in the Gisborne District]]
{{Gisborne-geo-stub}}