Rissington, Hawke's Bay Map

About Rissington, Hawke's Bay

Rissington is a locality in the Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand. It sits at an elevation of around 74 m above sea level. It lies approximately 17 km west-northwest of Napier, the regional capital. Rissington is located at 39.4500°S, 176.7167°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT).

Rissington lies cradled by the rolling, sun-baked hills of Hawke's Bay, a landscape painted in broad strokes of ochre and emerald. It lies 17.4 km west-north-west of Napier (from Napier: bearing 286°T), and is situated 14.7 km north-west of Taradale. The land here is predominantly pastoral, a patchwork of verdant pastures and the occasional stand of native bush clinging to the steeper slopes. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry, dusty warmth, a tangible presence that settles over the gentle undulations of the terrain. The Mangaone River, a ribbon of cool, clear water, carves its way through the valley floor, its presence a constant, subtle murmur against the prevailing quiet.

This is a place where the rhythm of agriculture has long dictated the pace of life, with sheep and beef farming forming the backbone of Rissington's economy. Generations have tended this land, their lives intertwined with the cycles of the seasons and the needs of their livestock. While the larger centres may boast vineyards and burgeoning tourism, Rissington retains a more elemental connection to the earth. The distant Maniaroa Range offers a hazy, blue backdrop to the north, a silent sentinel watching over the fertile plains, a reminder of the enduring, ancient forces that shaped this country.

About This Rissington Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rissington, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand at coordinates -39.45, 176.71667. 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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Rissington sits within the Hawke's Bay Region. Location data is drawn from the GeoNames geographical database and verified by coordinates, ensuring the correct Rissington is identified even where the name is shared across multiple New Zealand localities.