Rewa, Manawatu-Whanganui Map

About Rewa, Manawatu-Whanganui

Rewa is a locality in the Manawatu-Whanganui Region of New Zealand. It sits at an elevation of around 177 m above sea level. It lies approximately 42 km north of Palmerston North, the regional capital. Rewa is located at 39.9833°S, 175.6333°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT).

Rewa rests within a landscape sculpted by the patient hand of water and wind, a place where the land itself seems to breathe. It lies 41.5 km north of Palmerston North (from Palmerston North: bearing 3°T), and is situated 23.7 km east-north-east of Marton. Here, the country rolls and dips in broad, sweeping gestures, a vast canvas of farmland that stretches towards the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Ruahine Range. The air, clean and carrying the subtle scent of damp earth and growing things, often holds a certain stillness, broken only by the distant bleating of sheep or the low hum of a tractor. The Rangitikei River, a sinuous ribbon of grey-blue water, carves its path not far from Rewa, its presence a constant, murmuring reminder of the region’s elemental forces.

The story of Rewa is one of quiet perseverance, a narrative woven into the rich soil that sustains its primary industry of dairy farming. Generations have worked this land, their efforts evident in the meticulously managed paddocks and the contented lowing of cows that punctuate the rural soundscape. While the immediate surroundings are dedicated to agriculture, the distant Maungarata Lakes offer a serene counterpoint, a place of still water reflecting the ever-changing sky. The spirit of Rewa is one of enduring community, a place where the pace of life is dictated by the seasons and the needs of the land, a steadfast presence in the heart of the Manawatu-Whanganui region.

About This Rewa Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rewa, Manawatu-Whanganui, New Zealand at coordinates -39.98333, 175.63333. 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 Rewa.

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