Five Rivers, Southland Map

About Five Rivers, Southland

Five Rivers is a locality in the Southland Region of New Zealand. It sits at an elevation of around 273 m above sea level. It lies approximately 87 km north of Invercargill, the regional capital. Five Rivers is located at 45.6167°S, 168.4500°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT).

Five Rivers rests in a broad, fertile basin, a place where the land opens up to the sky. It lies 87.4 km north of Invercargill (from Invercargill: bearing 5°T), and is situated 60.0 km north of Winton. The surrounding landscape is characterised by a gentle, rolling topography, a patchwork of verdant pastures and the occasional stand of native bush that clings to the lower slopes of the distant Lintley Range. The air here carries a clean, earthy scent, especially after a rainfall, and the light often takes on a soft, golden hue as the sun dips towards the western hills, casting long shadows across the fields. The broad, unhurried course of the Oreti River, a mere nine kilometres to the east, is a constant, quiet presence in the region's topography, shaping the contours of the land with its steady flow.

The economic heart of Five Rivers beats with the steady rhythm of agriculture, a tradition deeply woven into its rural identity. For generations, the rich, dark soil has supported thriving dairy farms, their emerald pastures a testament to the region's fertility. Beyond the dairy herds, sheep and beef farming also contribute significantly, their presence marking the landscape with their distinct grazing patterns. While forestry has played a role, with the Eyre Forest lying some eighteen kilometres away providing timber resources, the enduring strength of Five Rivers lies in its agricultural output. The quiet hum of tractors, the distant bleating of sheep, and the occasional rumble of a stock truck are the sounds that define the daily life and livelihood of this Southland locality.

About This Five Rivers Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Five Rivers, Southland, New Zealand at coordinates -45.61667, 168.45. 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 Five Rivers.

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