Livingstone, Otago Map

About Livingstone, Otago

Livingstone is a locality in the Otago Region of New Zealand. It sits at an elevation of around 306 m above sea level. It lies approximately 101 km north of Dunedin, the regional capital. Livingstone is located at 44.9667°S, 170.5833°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT).

Livingstone lies in a basin cradled by the rolling, ochre-toned hills of the Otago landscape. It lies 82.6 km south-west of Timaru (from Timaru: bearing 220°T), and is situated 29.2 km west-north-west of Weston. The land here is a tapestry of sparse tussock, interspersed with hardy native grasses that catch the sharp, clear sunlight. In the distance, the undulations of the terrain soften, eventually coalescing into the more substantial, yet still accessible, slopes of Grassy Ridge. The air possesses a dry, crisp quality, a testament to its inland position, and the sky overhead often stretches out in vast, uninterrupted expanses of brilliant blue. The South Branch Maerewhenua River, a ribbon of glacial meltwater, meanders at a respectful distance, its presence a subtle murmur beneath the prevailing quiet of the countryside.

The history of Livingstone is etched not in grand monuments but in the quiet resilience of its inhabitants and the land they have worked. For generations, the economy has been tethered to the rhythm of sheep farming, the fleece of the hardy Merino sheep a familiar sight in the woolsheds that dot the surrounding paddocks. More recently, a burgeoning viticulture has begun to claim its stake, the cooler climate and mineral-rich soil proving unexpectedly conducive to certain grape varietals, their delicate scent hinting at the sophisticated flavours to come. The Otekaieke Bridle Track, a legacy from a time when horses were the primary mode of transport, still offers a tangible connection to the past, winding through landscapes that have remained largely unchanged for over a century, whispering tales of travellers and their journeys across this rugged, beautiful country.

About This Livingstone Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Livingstone, Otago, New Zealand at coordinates -44.96667, 170.58333. 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 Livingstone.

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