Te Horo, Wellington Map

About Te Horo, Wellington

Te Horo is a locality in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. It is a small community with a population of 698. It sits at an elevation of around 7 m above sea level. It lies approximately 61 km north-northeast of Wellington, the regional capital. Te Horo is located at 40.8000°S, 175.1000°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT). Statistics New Zealand classifies the area as a rural settlement.

Te Horo lies where the fertile plains begin to roll towards the distant sea, a landscape painted in broad strokes of green and gold. It lies 14.7 km north-north-east of Paraparaumu (from Paraparaumu: bearing 28°T), and is situated 9.7 km north-north-east of Waikanae. The air here carries a faint, salty tang, a whisper from Waiorua Bay, thirteen kilometres to the east, hinting at the proximity of the open ocean. Ngawhakangutu Lake, a placid mirror reflecting the vast Kapiti sky, rests three kilometres inland, while the Otaki River, a ribbon of grey water, carves its steady path six kilometres to the north. The land itself is a gentle undulation of farmland, punctuated by pockets of native bush that spill down from the higher ground, a subtle reminder of the wilder country that lies beyond Judd Ridge, some sixteen kilometres distant.

The history of Te Horo is etched into its very soil, a story of resilience and adaptation. For generations, the rich alluvial soil, nurtured by the Otaki River’s ancient flow, has sustained a thriving agricultural heartland, predominantly focused on dairy farming and horticulture, with orchards of apples and kiwifruit adding splashes of vibrant colour to the landscape. The local economy, while deeply rooted in the land, has also seen the steady arrival of travellers and artisans, drawn by the quiet charm and the opportunity to establish small, specialised businesses. This blend of the traditional and the emerging gives Te Horo a distinctive character, a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of life, and where the enduring spirit of the land is felt in every passing breeze.

About This Te Horo Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Te Horo, Wellington, New Zealand at coordinates -40.8, 175.1. 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 Te Horo.

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