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New Zealand State Highway 43 (SH 43), also called the Forgotten World Highway, is a road that runs 148 km from Stratford in Taranaki to Taumarunui in the King Country. It contains the only unsealed portion of the New Zealand state highway network .
New Zealand has been excluded from maps at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. in the United States, in IKEA stores, on the map of the board games Pandemic [4] and Risk, on the map of the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit in which Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key participated, at a world map seal at the United Nations ...
Known as The Forgotten World Highway. SH 3 at New Plymouth Port Taranaki: 5.2 SH 3 at New Plymouth SH 3 at Hāwera: Ōakura, Ōkato, Manaia, Ōpunake: 104.6 Known as The Surf Highway. SH 1 at Rangipo: SH 47 near Papakai Lake Rotoaira: 19.1 SH 4 at National Park: SH 41 3 km north of Tūrangi: Tongariro National Park: 46.4 SH 47 9 km from ...
Whangamōmona is a small township in the Stratford District and Manawatū-Whanganui Region of New Zealand. It lies on State Highway 43, the "Forgotten World Highway", 65 kilometres (40 mi) north-east of Stratford and 55 kilometres (34 mi) south-west of Ōhura.
Road maps usually number state highways in this fashion. Of the total state highway network, New Zealand currently has 363 km (226 mi) of motorways and expressways with grade-separated access and they carry ten percent of all New Zealand traffic. The majority of the state highway network is made up of single-carriageway roads with one lane each ...
The Tāngarākau River is a river of the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows south for 94 km (58 mi) from its source 8 km (5.0 mi) west of Ōhura in the King Country to reach the Whanganui River. State Highway 43, known as the Forgotten World Highway, travels through the Tāngarākau Gorge.
On State Highway 43 Taumarunui is 146 km (91 mi) to the east. This road is known as "The Forgotten World Highway", due to the scarcity of settlement along the road in contrast to its earlier history. A sign reads "No Petrol for 150 km (93 mi)".
The Te Ahu a Turanga – Manawatū Tararua Highway is a 11-kilometre-long (7-mile), four-lane highway under construction connecting Ashhurst and Woodville over the Ruahine Range following the closure of the Manawatū Gorge road in 2017. Construction began in January 2021 and completion is scheduled for mid 2025. [1] [2]