Lake Ohia, Northland Map

About Lake Ohia, Northland

Lake Ohia is a locality in the Northland Region of New Zealand. It sits at an elevation of around 7 m above sea level. It lies approximately 120 km north-west of Whangarei, the regional capital. Lake Ohia is located at 34.9833°S, 173.3667°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT).

Lake Ohia rests in a quiet hollow, its surface mirroring the vast, ever-changing Northland sky. It lies 120.2 km north-west of Whangarei (from Whangarei: bearing 314°T), and is situated 9.2 km west of Taipa. The land here rolls gently, a tapestry of emerald pastures and darker swathes of native bush, its contours softened by the persistent, salt-tinged air that drifts inland from the distant sea. Small streams, their banks often fringed with flax and fern, meander through the paddocks, feeding into the placid waters of Lake Ohia itself, a tranquil heart in the undulating landscape. The air, particularly in the early morning, carries a damp coolness, hinting at the proximity to Otengi Bay, and the distant murmur of the ocean is a constant, subtle presence.

The economy of Lake Ohia has long been shaped by the generous earth and the neighbouring waters. Dairy farming forms the backbone of its livelihood, with contented herds grazing on pastures that stretch towards the horizon, their milk destined for processing plants that are themselves vital hubs for the local community. While the direct pull of fishing is felt more keenly closer to the coast, the Te Putaaraukai River, a few kilometres distant, offers its own quiet bounty. The history of Lake Ohia is one of steady persistence, of families settling the land and nurturing it, their lives interwoven with the cycles of nature. There is a sense of unhurried continuity here, a quiet dignity in the way the land has been worked and the community has evolved, a subtle testament to the enduring spirit of the Northland region.

About This Lake Ohia Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lake Ohia, Northland, New Zealand at coordinates -34.98333, 173.36667. 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 Lake Ohia.

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