Clive, Hawke's Bay Map

About Clive, Hawke's Bay

Clive is a locality in the Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand. It has a population of approximately 2,120. It sits at an elevation of around 6 m above sea level. It lies approximately 10 km south of Napier, the regional capital. Clive is located at 39.5833°S, 176.9167°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT). Statistics New Zealand classifies the area as a small urban area.

Clive rests on a fertile plain, a landscape shaped by the slow meander of the Ngaruroro River, its waters carrying the rich silt that nourishes the surrounding land. It lies 8.4 km north-east of Hastings (from Hastings: bearing 44°T), and is situated 10.1 km south of Napier. Gentle slopes rise towards the distant Kohinurau Range, a soft blue smudge against the vast canvas of the sky, while to the east, the low hum of the sea, some eight kilometres away in Hawke Bay, is a constant, subtle presence. The air here often carries the sweet scent of ripening fruit and the damp, earthy aroma from the riverbanks, a perfume of abundance that clings to the very soil. Sunlight, particularly in the late afternoon, spills across the cultivated fields in broad, golden swathes, illuminating the ordered rows of orchards and vineyards, and casting long, dancing shadows that hint at the coming cool of evening.

This is a place where the rhythm of the land dictates the pulse of life, an economy deeply rooted in the bounty of horticulture and viticulture. Generations have tended these soils, coaxing forth the crisp apples and robust wines that are a hallmark of the region, a tradition that continues to draw travellers and workers alike. History whispers from the land, a quiet echo of earlier inhabitants and the pioneers who sought to tame this fertile ground, with the Colenso Memorial standing as a quiet marker of that past. The proximity to Hawke Bay, though not immediate, imbues Clive with a sense of coastal connection, a subtle influence felt in the salty tang that occasionally drifts inland on a strong breeze, a reminder of the wider world and the ceaseless ebb and flow of tides.

About This Clive Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Clive, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand at coordinates -39.58333, 176.91667. 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 Clive.

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