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No.9 tunnel opened out (day-lighted) [2] at the west end of the Makohine Viaduct in 1984, on the North Island Main Trunk. No.10A, 10B, 10C, 10D, 10E, 10F tunnels bypassed in 1981 by the Mangaweka Deviation of the North Island Main Trunk. All are on private land. No.11 tunnel south of Taihape bypassed in 1985 by a deviation of the North Island ...
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.
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 ...
At Karangahake, several walks and tracks ranging from 30 minutes to over 2 hours start at the Karangahake Reserve car park and picnic area. [2] One of the most spectacular walks in the area is the "Windows Walk", a loop walk that leads through the old gold mining tunnels of the Talisman Mine, crosses the Waitawheta River over a suspension bridge, and joins the Crown Tramway Track back along ...
The Kaimai Tunnel is a railway tunnel through the Kaimai Range in the North Island of New Zealand. Since it was opened in 1978, it has held the title of longest tunnel , at 8.879 kilometres (5.517 mi), in New Zealand, [ 1 ] assuming this distinction from the previous title holder, the Rimutaka Tunnel . [ 2 ]
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.
Aoraki / Mount Cook, located in New Zealand's South Island, is the highest point in the country. The following are lists of mountains in New Zealand [a] ordered by height. . Names, heights, topographic prominence and isolation, and coordinates were extracted from the official Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) Topo50 topographic maps at the interactive topographic map of New Zealand