Whangarei Heads, Northland Map

About Whangarei Heads, Northland

Whangarei Heads is a locality in the Northland Region of New Zealand. It is a small community with a population of 960. It sits at an elevation of around 128 m above sea level. It lies approximately 18 km east-southeast of Whangarei, the regional capital. Whangarei Heads is located at 35.8167°S, 174.5000°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT). Statistics New Zealand classifies the area as a rural settlement.

Whangarei Heads unfolds as a dramatic embrace of land and sea, where rolling hills, cloaked in a rich tapestry of native bush, tumble down to meet the shimmering expanse of the Pacific. It lies 18.5 km east-south-east of Whangarei (from Whangarei: bearing 121°T), and is situated 13.2 km east-south-east of Onerahi. The air here carries the tang of salt, a constant reminder of the proximity to the ocean, and the light, particularly in the late afternoon, casts a golden hue across the rugged contours of the coastline. The land itself feels ancient, shaped by the persistent caress of wind and water, with outcrops of weathered rock hinting at geological forces long at play.

This stretch of coast, reaching out towards the open sea, has been shaped by a history intertwined with the bounty of the ocean and the fertile land. The local economy, once heavily reliant on farming and fishing, now finds a significant pillar in tourism, drawing visitors to its scenic beauty and the promise of coastal adventure. The rhythm of life at Whangarei Heads is a gentle ebb and flow, mirroring the tides of McGregors Bay, a tranquil haven just a kilometre away. Remnants of earlier times, perhaps a solitary jetty or a weathered fence line, whisper of generations who have called this place home, their lives inextricably linked to the land and the sea.

About This Whangarei Heads Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Whangarei Heads, Northland, New Zealand at coordinates -35.81667, 174.5. 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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Whangarei Heads sits within the Northland Region. Location data is drawn from the GeoNames geographical database and verified by coordinates, ensuring the correct Whangarei Heads is identified even where the name is shared across multiple New Zealand localities.