Taraunui, Northland Map

About Taraunui, Northland

Taraunui is a locality in the Northland Region of New Zealand. It sits at an elevation of around 20 m above sea level. It lies approximately 13 km east of Whangarei, the regional capital. Taraunui is located at 35.7333°S, 174.4667°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT).

Taraunui unfolds across a landscape shaped by the gentle, rolling hills of Northland, their verdant slopes often softened by the haze of distant sea air. It lies 12.9 km east of Whangarei (from Whangarei: bearing 91°T), and is situated 14.1 km east-south-east of Tikipunga. The land here breathes a quiet, agrarian rhythm, a tapestry of emerald pastures and darker patches of native bush that climb towards the sky. Though some six kilometres from the open coast, the proximity to Parua Bay is palpable in the occasional salt-laced breeze that whispers through the valleys, carrying with it the faint, distant cry of gulls. The Taiharuru River, a ribbon of silver, meanders through the lower reaches, its banks often fringed with willows, reflecting the ever-changing colours of the sky in its unhurried flow. The light here, particularly in the late afternoon, possesses a unique quality, a warm, honeyed glow that seems to deepen the greens of the foliage and cast long, languid shadows across the fields.

The history of Taraunui is deeply entwined with the fertile land and its bounty. For generations, dairy farming has been the lifeblood of this locality, the rhythmic hum of milking machines a familiar soundtrack to the dawn. Beyond the pastures, pockets of horticulture have taken root, with growers coaxing vibrant kiwifruit and crisp apples from the rich Northland soil. While the Tangihua Range looms distantly on the horizon, a majestic, brooding presence, the immediate surroundings are more about the intimate connection to the earth and the steady pulse of rural enterprise. The spirit of Taraunui is one of quiet resilience, a place where the legacy of hard work is etched into the very landscape, and where the occasional traveller might stumble upon a roadside stall offering the freshest produce, a tangible connection to the region's enduring agricultural heart.

About This Taraunui Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Taraunui, Northland, New Zealand at coordinates -35.73333, 174.46667. 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.

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