Puhau, Northland Map

About Puhau, Northland

Puhau is a locality in the Northland Region of New Zealand. It sits at an elevation of around 3 m above sea level. It lies approximately 90 km west-northwest of Whangarei, the regional capital. Puhau is located at 35.4667°S, 173.3833°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT).

Puhau lies in a gentle embrace of rolling hills, their slopes softened by the passage of time and the persistent, verdant growth of native bush. It lies 90.0 km west-north-west of Whangarei (from Whangarei: bearing 289°T), and is situated 13.0 km west-south-west of Rawene. The air here carries a subtle, earthy scent, mingling with the faint tang of salt carried on the breeze from the nearby Hokianga Harbour, a mere kilometre away. Sunlight, when it breaks through the usual Northland mist, spills across the landscape in broad, golden swathes, illuminating the varied greens of pasture and the darker, secretive shades of the forested gullies. The land itself feels settled, accustomed to the slow unfolding of seasons, a place where the earth breathes a quiet, ancient rhythm.

This locality, Puhau, has long been shaped by the ebb and flow of the Hokianga Harbour, its history woven into the maritime endeavours and the land-based industries that have sustained its people. Dairy farming forms the backbone of the local economy, the contented lowing of cattle a familiar soundtrack to the days, while pockets of horticulture add splashes of vibrant colour to the surrounding farmland. The proximity to the harbour also hints at a deeper heritage, a connection to the sea that has sustained communities here for generations. Though Puhau Lake lies a couple of kilometres inland, its placid surface reflecting the sky, the true pulse of the region beats closest to the Hokianga’s edge, a constant reminder of the water's enduring influence on life and livelihood.

About This Puhau Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Puhau, Northland, New Zealand at coordinates -35.46667, 173.38333. 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 Puhau.

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