Maniatutu, Bay of Plenty Map

About Maniatutu, Bay of Plenty

Maniatutu is a locality in the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand. It sits at an elevation of around 11 m above sea level. It lies approximately 50 km west-northwest of Whakatane, the regional capital. Maniatutu is located at 37.8167°S, 176.4500°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT).

Maniatutu rests under a sky that often carries the pearlescent hues of the Bay of Plenty's proximity, though the coast itself lies a few kilometres distant. It lies 28.8 km east-south-east of Tauranga (from Tauranga: bearing 120°T), and is situated 11.4 km east-south-east of Te Puke. Rolling farmland, a patchwork of emerald and ochre, gives way to the denser green of native bush, the air thick with the scent of damp earth and unseen blossoms. The Pongakawa River, a silver ribbon, winds its way through the landscape, its banks often fringed with flax and the occasional hardy pohutukawa tree, its branches reaching towards the sun. The land here is gentle, undulating, a place where the light seems to linger a little longer at dawn and dusk, casting long, soft shadows across the paddocks.

The history of Maniatutu is woven into the fertile soil, a place where early settlers established themselves amidst the burgeoning dairy industry that still defines much of its economy. The land yields its bounty not just in milk, but in the vibrant hues of kiwifruit vines that climb meticulously organised trellises, a testament to the region's horticultural prowess. While the deep blue expanse of the Bay of Plenty is a significant draw for neighbouring communities, Maniatutu itself holds a quiet charm, a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of life, and the distant murmur of the ocean is a constant, subtle reminder of the wider world.

About This Maniatutu Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Maniatutu, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand at coordinates -37.81667, 176.45. 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 Maniatutu.

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