Horeke, Northland Map

About Horeke, Northland

Horeke is a locality in the Northland Region of New Zealand. It sits at an elevation of around 1 m above sea level. It lies approximately 78 km west-northwest of Whangarei, the regional capital. Horeke is located at 35.3500°S, 173.6000°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT).

Horeke rests in a fold of Northland's undulating landscape, where the land breathes a softer green. It lies 78.0 km west-north-west of Whangarei (from Whangarei: bearing 303°T), and is situated 10.5 km east-north-east of Rawene. The air here carries the damp, earthy scent of native bush, a testament to the Pukewharariki Forest that skirts the edges of the rolling hills. Though the open sea is some distance away, the proximity to the coast is palpable, a subtle salinity carried on the breeze that whispers through the scattered dwellings. Closer still, the Wairere River snakes its way through the terrain, its waters reflecting the shifting, often pearlescent, light of the northern sky.

This quiet corner of the Northland Region holds the echoes of a different era, a history woven into the very soil. Horeke was once a bustling centre, a place of consequence in the early days of European settlement, its strategic position along the waterways proving vital. The local economy, now primarily agricultural, with the gentle hum of dairy farming dominating the surrounding paddies, still bears the imprints of its past as a port and a hub for travellers. The faint outline of Makauekaue Pa or Whakaue Pa, a kilometre distant, serves as a silent reminder of the enduring presence and deep roots of Māori heritage in this land.

About This Horeke Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Horeke, Northland, New Zealand at coordinates -35.35, 173.6. 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 Horeke.

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