Maungatapere, Northland Map

About Maungatapere, Northland

Maungatapere is a locality in the Northland Region of New Zealand. It has a population of approximately 1,007. It sits at an elevation of around 125 m above sea level. It lies approximately 11 km west-southwest of Whangarei, the regional capital. Maungatapere is located at 35.7500°S, 174.2000°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT). Statistics New Zealand classifies the area as a small urban area.

Maungatapere rests in a landscape of verdant, rolling hills, a region where the earth feels soft and yielding underfoot. It lies 11.4 km west of Whangarei (from Whangarei: bearing 260°T), and is situated 12.8 km west-south-west of Tikipunga. The land here is a patchwork of emerald pastures and darker swathes of native bush, the latter clinging to the slopes of the gentle, undulating terrain. To the east, the broad shoulders of the Tangihua Range rise, their forested flanks a deep, unbroken green that softens the horizon. The air often carries the clean scent of damp earth and growing things, a pervasive freshness that speaks of the plentiful rain. Streams, often unseen, carve their way through the valleys, their murmuring a constant, quiet song beneath the rustle of leaves.

The economic heart of Maungatapere has long been tied to the land, with dairy farming a prominent feature, its white-faced cattle dotting the fields like scattered pearls. This agricultural foundation is supported by the rich soil and the dependable rainfall, creating a rhythm of seasons marked by milking sheds and hay baling. While forestry also plays a role, with the Pukenui Forest a significant neighbour, the primary pulse of Maungatapere beats to the pastoral. History here is less about grand monuments and more about the quiet endurance of those who worked the land, their lives woven into the fabric of the hills and the Waionepu River. The Maungatapere Walkway offers a gentle immersion into this character, a pathway that invites contemplation of the surrounding countryside, a subtle testament to the enduring connection between people and place.

About This Maungatapere Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Maungatapere, Northland, New Zealand at coordinates -35.75, 174.2. 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 Maungatapere.

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