Te Pohue, Hawke's Bay Map

About Te Pohue, Hawke's Bay

Te Pohue is a locality in the Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand. It sits at an elevation of around 452 m above sea level. It lies approximately 33 km north-west of Napier, the regional capital. Te Pohue is located at 39.2500°S, 176.6833°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT).

Te Pohue rests in a broad valley floor, cradled by the gentle, sweeping slopes of the Te Waka Range to the west. It lies 33.4 km north-west of Napier (from Napier: bearing 324°T), and is situated 24.7 km north-west of Bay View. The landscape here is a tapestry of rolling farmland, where emerald pastures unfurl towards the distant, hazy blue of the horizon, punctuated by stands of native bush and the occasional shelter belt of pines. Close by, Lake Pohue lies, a placid mirror reflecting the ever-changing sky, its waters often still and quiet. The air carries the clean scent of earth and growing things, a subtle sweetness that speaks of sunshine and fertile soil, and the distant murmur of wind through the grasses.

This land has long been shaped by the rhythms of agriculture, with sheep and beef farming forming the backbone of Te Pohue's economy for generations. More recently, the fertile ground has proven amenable to horticulture, with orchards of apples and kiwifruit dotting the surrounding hillsides, their blossoms a fleeting white spectacle in spring. The proximity of Esk Forest offers a different kind of resource, its timber a quiet hum in the local industry. For travellers seeking a connection with the wilder spirit of the region, the Maungaharuru Ridge Track beckons, promising expansive views, while the Pungahuru Falls offer a more intimate encounter with water’s ceaseless descent, a gentle roar that can be heard on quiet days.

About This Te Pohue Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Te Pohue, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand at coordinates -39.25, 176.68333. 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 Pohue.

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