Mana, Wellington Map

About Mana, Wellington

Mana is a locality in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. It sits at an elevation of around 50 m above sea level. It lies approximately 23 km north-northeast of Wellington, the regional capital. Mana is located at 41.0883°S, 174.8702°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT).

Mana is a place where the land gently falls towards the sea, a coastal fringe softened by rolling hills that lead inland. It lies 5.3 km north-north-east of Porirua (from Porirua: bearing 19°T), and is situated 14.8 km north-north-west of Lower Hutt. The air here carries the faint, clean scent of salt from Ivey Bay, just a kilometre away, a constant reminder of the proximity to the ocean's embrace. The landscape is a mosaic of verdant pastures and scattered stands of native bush, a textured tapestry under the wide, often dramatic skies of the Wellington Region. Rainfall, a frequent visitor, nourishes the earth, leaving the grasses a vibrant, almost impossibly bright green for much of the year, and the light at dusk often paints the western horizon in hues of rose and gold, a quiet spectacle before the stars emerge.

This stretch of coast has long been a passage and a place of sustenance, its history intertwined with the rhythms of the land and sea. While not a hub of heavy industry, Mana's local economy has historically been anchored by agriculture, with sheep and beef farming defining the rural character of the surrounding hills. More recently, the proximity to Wellington has seen a growing number of residents commute, fostering a blend of rural tranquility and suburban accessibility. The Colonial Knob Walkway, a well-trodden path not far off, offers panoramic views, a testament to the enduring appeal of this landscape for recreation and reflection, drawing visitors who come to appreciate the understated beauty of this particular corner of the region.

About This Mana Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mana, Wellington, New Zealand at coordinates -41.08827, 174.8702. 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 Mana.

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