Matamau, Manawatu-Whanganui Map

About Matamau, Manawatu-Whanganui

Matamau is a locality in the Manawatu-Whanganui Region of New Zealand. It sits at an elevation of around 305 m above sea level. It lies approximately 52 km east-northeast of Palmerston North, the regional capital. Matamau is located at 40.1416°S, 176.1583°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT).

Matamau rests in a landscape shaped by the gentle sweep of the Manawatu River, its banks a verdant ribbon against the rolling countryside. It lies 52.2 km east-north-east of Palmerston North (from Palmerston North: bearing 63°T), and is situated 8.6 km north-east of Dannevirke. The land here is a tapestry of cultivated fields and scattered stands of native bush, the air often carrying the clean scent of damp earth and pasture. The Ruahine Range, a distant but watchful presence, defines the eastern horizon, their lower slopes a mosaic of darker green where pockets of forest cling. Sunlight, when it breaks through, falls in broad, warm swathes across the undulating terrain, illuminating the rich, dark soil of the farmland and glinting off the slow-moving waters of the Manawatu River, a constant companion to the region.

This locality, Matamau, has long been shaped by the bounty of the land, its economy historically rooted in the robust dairy farming that continues to define its character today. The rhythm of Matamau is largely dictated by the seasons and the needs of livestock, a quiet pulse that resonates through the few scattered homes and farm buildings. While the immediate area around Matamau Domain offers local recreation, the wider region’s history is etched in the agricultural patterns and the enduring connection to the land. Travellers passing through might notice the orderly rows of pasture, a testament to generations of work, and perhaps catch the faint, sweet smell of silage on a summer breeze, a subtle indicator of the agricultural heart that beats at Matamau.

About This Matamau Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Matamau, Manawatu-Whanganui, New Zealand at coordinates -40.14165, 176.15826. 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 Matamau.

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