Putorino, Hawke's Bay Map

About Putorino, Hawke's Bay

Putorino is a locality in the Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand. It sits at an elevation of around 109 m above sea level. It lies approximately 41 km north of Napier, the regional capital. Putorino is located at 39.1333°S, 177.0000°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT).

Putorino lies cradled by the undulating hills of Hawke's Bay, a landscape painted in broad strokes of green and gold under a vast, often brilliant sky. It lies 40.7 km north of Napier (from Napier: bearing 11°T), and is situated 21.8 km west-south-west of Raupunga. The land here is a tapestry of rolling farmland, punctuated by pockets of native bush that cling to the slopes, their darker hues a stark contrast against the sun-bleached grasses. The air, carrying the scent of damp earth and distant eucalypts, often holds a stillness broken only by the murmur of the Waikari River, a ribbon of silver winding its way through the valley floor, its presence a constant, quiet companion to the surrounding countryside. The distant Rocky Range forms a rugged, hazy backdrop, its peaks softened by the miles, suggesting a wilderness that lies just beyond the cultivated fields.

The history of Putorino is inextricably linked to the land and its bounty, a story shaped by forestry and farming. For generations, the economy has been sustained by the generous yields of the soil, with sheep and beef farming forming the backbone of local enterprise. More recently, the region has seen the quiet expansion of horticulture, with orchards of apples and kiwifruit adding their own distinctive character to the agricultural mosaic. The presence of Mohaka Forest, a significant tract of native and plantation trees, has historically offered employment and shaped the very character of the area, its timber a valuable resource. While the broader Hawke's Bay region draws visitors for its vineyards and coast, Putorino maintains a more understated charm, a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of life, and the legacy of the land is evident in every furrowed field and every stand of trees.

About This Putorino Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Putorino, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand at coordinates -39.13333, 177.0. 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.

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