Korere Valley, Tasman Map

About Korere Valley, Tasman

Korere Valley is a locality in the Tasman Region of New Zealand. It sits at an elevation of around 253 m above sea level. It lies approximately 38 km west-southwest of Richmond, the regional capital. Korere Valley is located at 41.5167°S, 172.8000°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT).

Korere Valley lies embraced by a landscape of rolling, tawny hills that soften into broad, fertile plains. It lies 42.4 km west-south-west of Stoke (from Stoke: bearing 238°T), and is situated 24.5 km west-south-west of Wakefield. The land here is a patchwork of green pastures and darker swathes of native bush, a textured canvas painted under a wide, often brilliant sky. Gentle slopes, smoothed by eons of wind and rain, lead the eye towards the distant, hazy outline of the Pinchback Range, their peaks a subtle, blue-grey punctuation against the horizon. The air, particularly in the early morning, carries a crisp, clean scent, hinting at the cool, clear waters of the Motupiko River that snakes its way a mere two kilometres away, a silver ribbon reflecting the ever-changing light.

The economic heart of Korere Valley has long pulsed with the steady beat of agriculture, primarily dairy farming, where contented herds graze the verdant paddocks. The fertile soil, a legacy of ancient geological processes, also supports smaller-scale horticulture, with orchards of apples and kiwifruit adding splashes of vibrant colour during their respective seasons. While not a primary industry, the proximity to the Golden Downs State Forest, a scant seven kilometres distant, means forestry plays a supporting role in the local economy, its presence felt in the occasional rumble of trucks carrying timber. The valley’s history is one of quiet, persistent settlement, where generations have worked the land, their lives interwoven with the seasons and the subtle shifts in the valley’s character, a testament to the enduring appeal of this inland sanctuary.

About This Korere Valley Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Korere Valley, Tasman, New Zealand at coordinates -41.51667, 172.8. 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 Korere Valley.

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