Mataroa, Manawatu-Whanganui Map

About Mataroa, Manawatu-Whanganui

Mataroa is a locality in the Manawatu-Whanganui Region of New Zealand. It sits at an elevation of around 537 m above sea level. It lies approximately 79 km north of Palmerston North, the regional capital. Mataroa is located at 39.6500°S, 175.7231°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT).

Mataroa rests in a broad embrace of rolling farmland, its landscape sculpted by the steady hand of agricultural endeavour. It lies 65.6 km east-north-east of Whanganui (from Whanganui: bearing 62°T), and is situated 7.1 km west-north-west of Taihape. The land here is a tapestry of greens and golds, stitched with the darker hues of native bush that cling to the slopes leading towards the distant Mokai Patea Range. The Hautapu River, a ribbon of cool, clear water, winds its way through the valley, its presence a constant murmur in the quiet air. The sky above Mataroa is vast, often painted with dramatic cloud formations that shift and morph, casting fleeting shadows across the undulating terrain. The air itself carries a crispness, a clean scent of earth and growing things, particularly potent after a rainfall.

The story of Mataroa is deeply intertwined with the pioneering spirit of those who cleared this land for dairy farming, a tradition that continues to define its economy. Generations have worked the fertile soil, transforming the wilderness into the productive pastures seen today. While the nearby Mitchell Bush offers a wilder counterpoint, the heart of Mataroa beats to the rhythm of the milking shed and the sale yards. Its history is one of quiet perseverance, of families building lives from the ground up, and of a community that has learned to thrive in this inland haven. The distinctive character of Mataroa lies in this enduring connection to the land, a tangible link to its agricultural heritage that shapes its present and guides its future.

About This Mataroa Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mataroa, Manawatu-Whanganui, New Zealand at coordinates -39.65001, 175.72314. 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 Mataroa.

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