List of New Zealand state highways
North Island

List of New Zealand state highways

Section Title: North Island
Table Section Text: None

No.	From	To	Via	Length (km)	Notes

1N	Cape Reinga	Wellington International Airport	Kaitaia, Whangarei, Auckland, Hamilton, Taupo, Wellington	1106	SH 1N is used in official documentation, SH 1 is used on maps and signs.

1B	SH 1 at Taupiri	SH 1 at Cambridge	Gordonton	41.9	Eastern bypass of Hamilton

2	SH 1 at Pokeno Junction (45 km south of Auckland)	SH 1 at Ngauranga Interchange (5 km north of Wellington)	Tauranga, Gisborne, Napier, Hastings, Woodville, Masterton, Hutt Valley	968	The 7-km section between central Hastings and SH 50A at Pakipaki is not assigned.

2B	SH 2 at Napier Airport	SH 50 at Taradale	4.1	Northern part of Hawke's Bay Expressway

3	SH 1 at Hamilton	SH 2 at Woodville	New Plymouth, Whanganui, Palmerston North	489.1

3A	SH 3 near Waitara	SH 3 at Inglewood	15.6	New Plymouth Bypass

4	SH 3 at Eight Mile Junction (11 km south of Te Kuiti)	SH 3 at Whanganui	Taumarunui, Raetihi	236.5

5	SH 1 at Tirau	SH 2 at Bay View (10 km north of Napier)	Rotorua and Taupo	247.4

10	SH 1 at Pakaraka (14 km north of Kawakawa)	SH 1 at Awanui	Kaeo	103.8

11	SH 1 at Kawakawa	SH 10 at Puketona Junction	Paihia	34

12	SH 1 at Ohaeawai (79 km south of Kaitaia)	SH 1 at Brynderwyn (28 km north of Wellsford)	Kaikohe, Waipoua Forest, Dargaville	217.8

14	SH 1 at Whangarei	SH 12 at Dargaville	54.6

15	SH 1 near Lake Omapere	Marsden Point Oil Refinery	Kaikohe, Titoki, Maungatapere	126.5	The "Northland Inland Freight Route". Declared as a state highway in August 2016 which included the full section of former SH 15A.

16	Port of Auckland	SH 1 at Wellsford	Northwestern Motorway, Helensville	107.5

18	SH 1 at Upper Harbour Highway interchange	SH 16 at Massey	Upper Harbour Motorway	14.0	Will eventually be converted to full motorway status from Albany Highway to SH 1 (Auckland Northern Motorway)

20	SH 1 Manukau interchange at Wiri	SH 16 interchange at Waterview	Southwestern Motorway	23.8	The link to the Northwestern Motorway via the Waterview Tunnel was completed in 2017

20A	SH 20 south of Walmsley Road interchange	Auckland Airport	5.0

20B	SH 20 at Puhinui Road interchange	Auckland Airport	4.0	Eastern access to Auckland Airport

21	SH 1 5 km south of Hamilton	SH 3 5 km south of Hamilton	Hamilton Airport and Mystery Creek	6.7

22	SH 1 at Drury	Pukekohe	12.9	The continuation south to SH 23 near Raglan has had its State Highway designation revoked

23	SH 1 at Hamilton	Raglan	42.7

24	SH 27 at Matamata	SH 29 near Te Poi	13

25	SH 2 3 km north of Mangatarata	SH 2 at Waihi	Thames, Coromandel, Whitianga and Whangamata	231

25A	SH 25 at Kopu (6 km south of Thames)	SH 25 at Hikuai	28.2	Shortcut across the Coromandel Peninsula

26	SH 1 at Hamilton	SH 25 at Kopu, (6 km south of Thames)	Morrinsville, Te Aroha and Paeroa	96.2

27	SH 2 at Mangatarata	SH 1 at Tirau	Matamata	92.4

28	SH 1 at Putaruru	SH 29 near Te Poi	20.8

29	SH 1 12 km west of Tirau	SH 2 at Tauranga	53.7	Crosses the Kaimai Range. Route K (Takitimu Drive) became part of the New Zealand State Highway Network in August 2015 and the highway follows this route terminating at SH 2 near Tauranga instead of Te Maunga.

29A	SH 29/SH 36 near Tauriko	SH 2 at Mount Maunganui	Tauranga	13.5	New designation as of August 2015. Follows the former eastern section of SH 29

30	SH 3 at Te Kuiti	Whakatane	Mangakino and Rotorua	219

30A	SH 5 west of central Rotorua	SH 30 at Te Ngae	Rotorua Central	3.6

31	SH 3 at Otorohanga	Kawhia	56.4	14 km is a joint designation with SH 39.

32	SH 1 at Tokoroa	SH 41 at Kuratau Junction	95.9	Traverses the western side of Lake Taupo

33	SH 2 at Paengaroa (9 km south-east of Te Puke)	SH 30 at Te Ngae	35.6

34	SH 2 near Edgecumbe	SH 30	Kawerau	25.2

35	SH 2 at Opotiki	SH 2 near Gisborne	East Cape	334	The longest two-digit State Highway

36	SH 29 at Tauranga	SH 5 at Rotorua	48.0	Rotorua-Tauranga direct road. Notable for being the first instance of a highway number being revoked and then regazetted in another location

37	SH 3 at Hangatiki	Waitomo Caves	7.3

38	SH 5 near Waiotapu	SH 2 at Wairoa	Te Urewera National Park and Lake Waikaremoana	120.9	Middle section (unsealed) is not a State Highway

39	SH 1 at Te Rapa (expressway NW of Hamilton)	SH 3 at Otorohanga	Pirongia	65.3	The western bypass of Hamilton. The last 14 km from junction of the Kawhia road to Otorohanga is a joint designation with SH 31

41	SH 4 at Manunui(6 km east of Taumarunui)	SH 1 at Turangi	58.6

43	SH 3 at Stratford	SH 4 at Taumarunui	Whangamomona	148.7	The Forgotten World Highway, approx 12 km unsealed

44	SH 3 at New Plymouth	Port Taranaki	5.2

45	SH 3 at New Plymouth	SH 3 at Hawera	Opunake	104.6	The Surf Highway

46	SH 1 at Rangipo	SH 47 near Papakai	19.1

47	SH 4 at National Park	SH 41 3 km north of Turangi	46.4

48	SH 47 9 km from National Park	Whakapapa village,	6.8

49	SH 4 at Tohunga Junction	SH 1 at Waiouru	Ohakune	36.2

50	Port of Napier	SH 2 near Takapau	91.5	Inland route

50A	SH 50 10 km from Napier	SH 2 at Pakipaki, 7 km from Hastings	Flaxmere	16.6	Hawke's Bay Expressway

53	SH 2 at Featherston	Martinborough	17.8	This breaks with the general north-south pattern of the numbering, being some 200 km south of SH 54 and having the southernmost endpoints of North Island State Highways other than SH 1 and 2

54	SH 3 near Palmerston North	SH 1 at Vinegar Hill	Feilding	56.5

56	SH 57 at Makerua	Palmerston North	Manawatu River west bank	22.9	Terminates on Pioneer Highway but used to connect to SH 3 in central Palmerston North

57	SH 1 2 km south of Levin	SH 3 at Ashhurst (the western end of the Manawatu Gorge)	Shannon	63.5

58	SH 1 at Paremata (near Porirua)	SH 2 at Haywards	15.3	Connects the Hutt Valley with Porirua

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State Highway 45 passes through Opunake.

final_sentence: State Highway 45 passes through Opunake.