Reikorangi, Wellington Map

About Reikorangi, Wellington

Reikorangi is a locality in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. It sits at an elevation of around 79 m above sea level. It lies approximately 50 km north-northeast of Wellington, the regional capital. Reikorangi is located at 40.9000°S, 175.0833°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT).

Reikorangi rests in a fold of the land, a place where the Rangiora River, a steady pulse of brown water, carves its passage through rolling country. It lies 5.9 km east-north-east of Paraparaumu (from Paraparaumu: bearing 72°T), and is situated 2.3 km south-east of Waikanae. The landscape here is a tapestry of green, where pastureland, softened by the generous Wellington light, yields to the darker, denser hues of native bush clinging to the slopes. The air, even miles from the open sea, carries a faint, clean scent, a whisper of the Rauoterangi Channel and the wider Pacific beyond, a reminder of the vastness that shapes the horizon. The land itself feels ancient, worn smooth by wind and rain, its contours speaking of slow geological time.

The history of Reikorangi is written in the weathered fences of its farms and the quiet diligence of its people. Dairy cows are the lifeblood here, their contented lowing a constant soundtrack to the day, their rich milk destined for markets far beyond these hills. For generations, families have worked this soil, their lives intertwined with the cycles of the seasons and the dependable flow of the Rangiora River. While the grander narratives of New Zealand's founding might play out elsewhere, Reikorangi holds its own quiet story of resilience and a deep connection to the land, a place where the simple act of tending the earth remains a noble pursuit.

About This Reikorangi Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Reikorangi, Wellington, New Zealand at coordinates -40.9, 175.08333. 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 Reikorangi.

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