Te Arai, Auckland Map

About Te Arai, Auckland

Te Arai is a locality in the Auckland Region of New Zealand. It sits at an elevation of around 18 m above sea level. It lies approximately 77 km north of Auckland, the regional capital. Te Arai is located at 36.1667°S, 174.6167°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT).

Te Arai unfurls across a landscape of gentle, verdant hills that slope towards a horizon often softened by the sea's distant breath. It lies 55.1 km south-south-east of Whangarei (from Whangarei: bearing 152°T), and is situated 9.7 km south-south-east of Mangawhai Heads. The air here carries the clean, sharp tang of salt, a constant reminder of the proximity to the vast Pacific, even though the immediate surroundings are a tapestry of undulating farmland and pockets of native bush. Slipper Lake, a placid mirror reflecting the sky, lies within easy reach, its quiet waters a counterpoint to the more restless energy of the ocean a few kilometres beyond. The soil, rich and dark, supports a lifeblood of green, from the manicured pastures to the denser foliage of Mangawhai Forest, a dark, brooding presence to the north.

This land, long shaped by the cycles of agriculture, has a history woven with the patient tending of the soil. Dairy farming forms the backbone of the local economy, the rhythmic hum of milking sheds a familiar sound at dawn and dusk. While Mangawhai Harbour, a mere six kilometres away, offers a gateway to the sea and its bounty, it is the inland prosperity, the quiet success of the farms and the burgeoning horticulture, that truly defines Te Arai's character. The Mangawhai Walkway, a celebrated route, traces the contours of this region, inviting travellers to experience its understated beauty, revealing the subtle interplay between the cultivated fields and the wilder edges of the land.

About This Te Arai Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Te Arai, Auckland, New Zealand at coordinates -36.16667, 174.61667. Use the Map and Satellite buttons to switch views, the plus and minus buttons to zoom, and Fullscreen to fill the screen.

Search Maps opens a second, independent map with four things the embedded map cannot do. It searches OpenStreetMap for any New Zealand town, suburb or landmark by name. It offers LINZ topographic maps as a base layer — the official Topo250 and Topo50 sheets, switching scale automatically as you zoom, and the standard reference for tramping, hunting and back-country travel. It offers LINZ aerial imagery down to 5cm resolution in urban areas. And it can take a single GPS fix from your device and report your position as both an NZTM2000 grid reference and plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what New Zealand search and rescue services work from. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map itself cannot load.

My Location & Navigate starts the vector-tile navigator: live turn-by-turn driving directions from your current position to any destination, with spoken guidance, lane hints and automatic re-routing.

Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time New Zealand and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorial description provides background on Te Arai.

Te Arai sits within the Auckland Region. Location data is drawn from the GeoNames geographical database and verified by coordinates, ensuring the correct Te Arai is identified even where the name is shared across multiple New Zealand localities.