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The Kaimai Range (sometimes referred to as the Kaimai Ranges) is a mountain range in the North Island of New Zealand. It is part of a series of ranges, with the Coromandel Range to the north and the Mamaku Ranges to the south. The Kaimai Range separates the Waikato in the west from the Bay of Plenty in the east.
State Highway 29 (SH 29) is a New Zealand state highway that travels over the Kaimai Ranges linking the Bay of Plenty and Waikato regions. For most of its length, SH 29 is a two-lane single carriageway with occasional passing lanes and slow vehicle bays. 5 km of it near its eastern terminus is part of the Takitimu Drive Toll Road.
Kaimai Wind Farm Ltd: Kaimai Wind Farm: Waikato: Renewable Energy: The Kaimai Windfarm project is to establish a wind farm on the 1,304- hectares subject site close to major users of electricity in the Auckland-Waikato-Bay of Plenty triangle, and close to Transpower's transmission line. The project involves the establishment of 24 large scale ...
Spooners Range Tunnel – 1352 m long, on the closed Nelson Section. Accessible by public walkway, this is the longest disused rail tunnel in New Zealand. Kawatiri Tunnel – 185 m long, also on the closed Nelson Section. Accessible by public walkway. No 4 Tunnel – south of Oaro township on the Main North Line. Access on foot south of ...
The Mamaku Ranges are a mountain range in the North Island of New Zealand.Located to the west of Lake Rotorua and north of Lake Taupō, they lie to the immediate south of the Kaimai Range and can be thought of as an extension of it, in much the same way that the Kaimai Range can be considered an extension of the Coromandel Range.
SH 29 at the foot of the Kaimai Ranges: Tapapa: 20.8 SH 1 (12 km west of Tīrau) SH 2 at Tauranga: Tauriko: 53.7 Crosses the Kaimai Ranges. Route K (Takitimu Drive) became part of the State Highway network in August 2015 and the highway follows this route terminating at SH 2 in Tauranga. SH 29/SH 36 near Tauriko SH 2 at Mount Maunganui ...
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The Kaimai Tunnel runs for 8,896 m under the Kaimai Ranges. Construction started from both sides of the range in 1969: the headings met in 1976 and the tunnel opened on 12 September 1978, at which time it became the longest tunnel in the Southern Hemisphere. [19] It was eclipsed by the 13,400 m No. 4 tunnel of the Hex River Tunnels system in 1989.