Parawa, Southland Map

About Parawa, Southland

Parawa is a locality in the Southland Region of New Zealand. It sits at an elevation of around 424 m above sea level. It lies approximately 96 km north of Invercargill, the regional capital. Parawa is located at 45.5500°S, 168.5333°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT).

Parawa rests inland, where the land begins its slow, deliberate incline towards the distant, unseen heights. It lies 95.6 km north of Invercargill (from Invercargill: bearing 9°T), and is situated 58.7 km south of Queenstown. The countryside here is a patchwork of greens and golds, a canvas of rolling farmland punctuated by clumps of native bush, their dark forms a constant against the pale Southland sky. The air, clean and cool, carries the scent of damp earth and growing things, a subtle perfume that speaks of the fertile soil. The Mataura River, a generous artery, flows within a few kilometres, its presence a constant murmur in the quietude, feeding the rich pastures that define the immediate horizon. Further afield, the Slate Range stands as a stoic, muted barrier, its slopes cloaked in the muted tones of tussock and low-lying scrub, a constant reminder of the wilder country that lies beyond.

The story of Parawa is one of quiet resilience and agricultural tenacity. For generations, the land has yielded its bounty, primarily through dairy farming, the lifeblood of this community. The rich, volcanic soil, a gift from ages past, supports herds that graze placidly across the undulating landscape, their presence a familiar sight. While the whispers of the past are subtle, they speak of pioneers who carved a life from this earth, their efforts now evident in the well-ordered farms and the steady hum of rural industry. Peters Bush, a verdant sanctuary a short distance away, offers a glimpse into the native flora that once dominated, a place where the quiet rustle of leaves can almost sound like the turning of forgotten pages. The economy, though largely agricultural, is woven with threads of local enterprise, a network of services supporting the farming families and the wider district, sustaining Parawa with a dependable, if unhurried, vitality.

About This Parawa Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Parawa, Southland, New Zealand at coordinates -45.55, 168.53333. 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 Parawa.

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