Matahiwi, Manawatu-Whanganui Map

About Matahiwi, Manawatu-Whanganui

Matahiwi is a locality in the Manawatu-Whanganui Region of New Zealand. It sits at an elevation of around 59 m above sea level. It lies approximately 93 km north-northwest of Palmerston North, the regional capital. Matahiwi is located at 39.6000°S, 175.1500°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT).

Matahiwi rests on the edge of a landscape that breathes the patient rhythm of the Manawatu-Whanganui region. It lies 38.0 km north-north-east of Whanganui (from Whanganui: bearing 13°T), and is situated 14.1 km west-north-west of Aotea. Rolling hills, softened by the passage of seasons, cradle the locality, their slopes a patchwork of emerald pastures and the darker, more secretive hues of native bush. The air here carries the faint, earthy scent of damp soil and growing things, a fragrance sharpened by the distant murmur of the Whanganui River, a vital artery carving its determined path through the land just three kilometres hence. The sky above Matahiwi often stretches in vast, unbroken expanses, a canvas for the slow drift of clouds and the precise, unwavering geometry of sunlight as it spills over the land, illuminating the contours of the terrain with a clarity that speaks of distance from any coast.

This is a place where the past is not a relic, but a living current, flowing into the present through the steady pulse of its local economy. Dairy farming forms the backbone, the land yielding its bounty in cream and milk, a testament to generations of careful stewardship. Beyond the pastures, the distant Matemateaonga Range stands as a silent sentinel, its presence a reminder of the wilder country that lies further afield, and the Waimarino Forest, a verdant expanse eighteen kilometres away, hints at the deep, cool shadows that can be found in the heart of the region. While Raukawa Falls, thirteen kilometres distant, offers a dramatic spectacle of water's force, the everyday life of Matahiwi is woven into the quieter, more persistent work of the land, a continuity that gives the locality its enduring character.

About This Matahiwi Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Matahiwi, Manawatu-Whanganui, New Zealand at coordinates -39.6, 175.15. 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 Matahiwi.

Matahiwi sits within the Manawatu-Whanganui Region. Location data is drawn from the GeoNames geographical database and verified by coordinates, ensuring the correct Matahiwi is identified even where the name is shared across multiple New Zealand localities.