Mornington, Wellington Map

About Mornington, Wellington

Mornington is a locality in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. It has a population of approximately 3,260. It sits at an elevation of around 148 m above sea level. It lies approximately 4 km south-southwest of Wellington, the regional capital. Mornington is located at 41.3186°S, 174.7660°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT). Statistics New Zealand classifies the area as a small urban area.

Mornington unfolds as a quiet landscape of undulating country, where the land gently slopes towards the distant shimmer of the coast. It lies 3.6 km south-south-west of Wellington (from Wellington: bearing 193°T), and is situated 4.4 km south-south-east of Karori. Patches of native bush, a deep, verdant green, punctuate the rolling hills, their edges softened by the pervasive Wellington wind. The air here carries a faint, clean scent, a subtle promise of the sea that lies a few kilometres to the east, a reminder of the proximity to Waitaha Cove. The physical character of Mornington is one of gentle contours and open skies, where the light at dusk often paints the western slopes in hues of amber and rose, a fleeting spectacle against the darkening silhouette of Hornes Ridge in the distance.

The history of Mornington is entwined with the practicalities of the land and the sea. Once, this area likely echoed with the sounds of early agricultural endeavours, the steady rhythm of sheep and cattle farming shaping the contours of the fields. While not a bustling port, its coastal adjacency has always offered a connection, a subtle economic thread woven with the broader activities of the Wellington Region. The local economy, though perhaps quieter than its urban neighbours, retains a connection to the land, with a scattering of small holdings and perhaps the hum of local businesses serving the immediate needs of its residents. There's a sense of enduring presence, a continuity that speaks of generations who have found their livelihood and their peace in this particular corner of the world.

About This Mornington Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mornington, Wellington, New Zealand at coordinates -41.31862, 174.76604. 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 Mornington.

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