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The statement "The last 87 km from Kaitaia to Waitiki Landing (21km south of Cape Reinga) are unsealed" isn't accurate. SH1 is definitely sealed where it leaves Kaitaia for Cape Reinga. I don't know where the seal ends. Moriori 01:42, Dec 7, 2003 (UTC)
You are correct - the most recent map I have available shows seal as far as Waitiki Landing. I think this text was left behind whne I corrected an earlier error which I introduced about the highway going all the way to the cape. Dramatic 10:17, 7 Dec 2003 (UTC)
My mps show this as SH 67 all the way up to Karamea. However, the last time I visited Karamea 2 years ago, I recall seeing a "67 ends" signpost somewhere around Sumemrlea (just before the road turns inland for its big climb over Karamea Bluff). If this is the case, the highway would only be 52 Km long with the last 54 Km as undesignated road. dramatic 07:16, 12 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Confirmed from Transit NZ that the highway ceases before Karamea Bluff dramatic 21:30, 12 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Technically, SH1 starts - in the S.I. at least - at Picton and goes to Bluff, and not the other way round. Not sure about the North Island. The kilometre posts are the clue... Christchurch has a 345 km post, Dunedin's northern motorway has the 700 km post indicating 700 km from Picton, and the numbers keep getting bigger as you travel further south. Not sure about the N.I. - I suspect it starts from Wellington and heads north. Grutness 13:42, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)
I know the info for the highways around Napier/Hastings is incorrect. I'll try and get an up-to-date map, but anyone local is welcome to beat me to it! dramatic 21:40, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Nurg, I'd argue that West Coast is correct. The oly place that the SH touches the west coast os on The West Coast - nowhere in Tasman, nor in Otago or Southland. Sure it goes through Nelson and Queenstown, but changing the capitalisation and removing the link doesn't alter the fact that neither of them are on the west coast or in the West Coast! The road does go via the West Coast - as well as going to Nelson and Queenstown. Grutness 12:29, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Are we sure about the bridge numbering? I travelled down to Turangi last week and the numbering didn't seem to match. The bridges had four-digit numbers, and there were random posts along the way with format 624/5.00 (or something like that). Neonumbers 08:19, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I've just come across an old guide book which listed several highways not shown here. I've added them in, but they may no longer have Highway status, so if anyone knows any more.... the numbers are 40, 49A, 52, 57A, 89, and 91. Grutness| hello? 00:45, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
There is a link to Waiau that needs disambiguation, in the South Island Highways listing (the SH 70 entry). The link points at a red-link heavy disambiguation page at present. Thanks for your help. Courtland 02:07, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
is it worth splitting the information about State Highway 1 out into its own article? There's probably quite a bit of information which could be added in about its history (when different parts were first built, etc) which would be out of place on the current article but which would be useful to have on Wikipedia somewhere. Grutness... wha? 02:30, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
Hello. I'm an aussie and I've done some work on our Blue Shield system on wikipedia, and when I noticed that NZ used the same shield but that browny colour, I just changed colours and instantly, you have your own NZ State Highway sheild on the wiki. - Boochan 05:22, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
I've added an infobox to the State Highway 1 (New Zealand) article, though some of the information on it doubtless needs correcting (I was working from an old road map :). If we start breaking out other articles for NZ highways it could possibly be turned into a parametered template, though I get in a mess when trying to deal with template parameters myself. If interested people could check it out and make any amendments they feel necessary, it'd be appreciated! Grutness... wha? 09:23, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
Has anyone else noticed that when you come off at the new Highbrook Dr exit on the Southern Motorway, it says that Otara, MIT & the shield for SH13 is towards Bairds Rd. I wasn't aware there was a SH13 going thru Otara/Papatoetoe/East Tamaki? - Martync84 22:43, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
State Highway 22 seems to have been shortened to stop north of Pukekohe, rather than extend right through to the Waikato River. I was driving along this route last week and the 'Highway Ends' shield is before you reach Pukekohe when travelling south. I see that Transit maps dated 1 January 2005 have this highway not reaching Pukekohe. 203.211.77.209 03:10, 23 May 2007 (UTC)Gorman
Hi all - we've long had an article on SH1, but none on the other seven national highways. It's probably about time we did - I've just made State Highway 8 (New Zealand), which I'd like other editors to have a look at and comment/expand on. BTW, if anyone's willing to make any of the others, I'd be only too keen to make appropriate maps (just leave a note on my talk page). Grutness... wha? 23:54, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
I just uploaded the shields of all north island highways in Commons Cat. "New_Zealand_state_highway_shields", south island will follow in a few days. If someone wishes to add the missing shields to the articles, please also replace existing *.png files, all of them are drawn with wrong font and letter dimensions. Andy king50 ( talk) 19:41, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
I've edited the example given for finding distances using RAPID numbering as this is only really applicable for the first stage of each highway. RAPID numbers are calculated from a datum point which is, more often than not, somewhere quite different from the start of the highway; the nearest major town, or even a minor town if the road changes name at a major or minor junction. For example, of the six major highways which comprise State Highway 94, only one of them (Waimea Highway) calculates its RAPID numbers from the start of the highway at Gore. Daveosaurus ( talk) 11:29, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
Does anyone know how to add links to the navbox. I've made an article for SH29 but there is no link to it from the navbox. Videomaniac29 ( talk) 08:11, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
There is a debate over at Wikivoyage about whether or not there should be a space between "SH" and the number. Usage here seems to be spaced. NZTA uses both forms, sometimes on the same page, eg, [2]. Some other agencies specify unspaced, eg, NZ Post says "abbreviate 'State Highway' to 'SH' (eg. 'SH 1')" [3]. I'm guessing NZTA does not have an official style, since they use both - anyone know for sure? Nurg ( talk) 07:55, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
Has the naming convention for New Zealand state highways been discussed before? I find it rather unnatural that they are all named "New Zealand State Highway x" when "State Highway x (New Zealand)" would reflect the common name. Thoughts? Pointers? Schwede 66 21:15, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
Roads of national significance are mentioned in 17 articles, but none explains the concept, or lists the roads. Should there be a separate heading in this article, or would it be more appropriate as a separate article, or an expanded part of the last paragraph of Fifth National Government of New Zealand, with a link, or 'see also' here? Johnragla ( talk) 23:39, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
" State highways are numbered according to which part of the country they are located. State highways within the Wellington, Manawatū and Hawke's Bay regions are numbered between 50-59, with 59 being the next available number for the Wellington region." This is a little more specific than what's in the article, though maybe still vague enough not to change anything. Mapsax ( talk) 00:23, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
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The statement "The last 87 km from Kaitaia to Waitiki Landing (21km south of Cape Reinga) are unsealed" isn't accurate. SH1 is definitely sealed where it leaves Kaitaia for Cape Reinga. I don't know where the seal ends. Moriori 01:42, Dec 7, 2003 (UTC)
You are correct - the most recent map I have available shows seal as far as Waitiki Landing. I think this text was left behind whne I corrected an earlier error which I introduced about the highway going all the way to the cape. Dramatic 10:17, 7 Dec 2003 (UTC)
My mps show this as SH 67 all the way up to Karamea. However, the last time I visited Karamea 2 years ago, I recall seeing a "67 ends" signpost somewhere around Sumemrlea (just before the road turns inland for its big climb over Karamea Bluff). If this is the case, the highway would only be 52 Km long with the last 54 Km as undesignated road. dramatic 07:16, 12 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Confirmed from Transit NZ that the highway ceases before Karamea Bluff dramatic 21:30, 12 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Technically, SH1 starts - in the S.I. at least - at Picton and goes to Bluff, and not the other way round. Not sure about the North Island. The kilometre posts are the clue... Christchurch has a 345 km post, Dunedin's northern motorway has the 700 km post indicating 700 km from Picton, and the numbers keep getting bigger as you travel further south. Not sure about the N.I. - I suspect it starts from Wellington and heads north. Grutness 13:42, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)
I know the info for the highways around Napier/Hastings is incorrect. I'll try and get an up-to-date map, but anyone local is welcome to beat me to it! dramatic 21:40, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Nurg, I'd argue that West Coast is correct. The oly place that the SH touches the west coast os on The West Coast - nowhere in Tasman, nor in Otago or Southland. Sure it goes through Nelson and Queenstown, but changing the capitalisation and removing the link doesn't alter the fact that neither of them are on the west coast or in the West Coast! The road does go via the West Coast - as well as going to Nelson and Queenstown. Grutness 12:29, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Are we sure about the bridge numbering? I travelled down to Turangi last week and the numbering didn't seem to match. The bridges had four-digit numbers, and there were random posts along the way with format 624/5.00 (or something like that). Neonumbers 08:19, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I've just come across an old guide book which listed several highways not shown here. I've added them in, but they may no longer have Highway status, so if anyone knows any more.... the numbers are 40, 49A, 52, 57A, 89, and 91. Grutness| hello? 00:45, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
There is a link to Waiau that needs disambiguation, in the South Island Highways listing (the SH 70 entry). The link points at a red-link heavy disambiguation page at present. Thanks for your help. Courtland 02:07, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
is it worth splitting the information about State Highway 1 out into its own article? There's probably quite a bit of information which could be added in about its history (when different parts were first built, etc) which would be out of place on the current article but which would be useful to have on Wikipedia somewhere. Grutness... wha? 02:30, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
Hello. I'm an aussie and I've done some work on our Blue Shield system on wikipedia, and when I noticed that NZ used the same shield but that browny colour, I just changed colours and instantly, you have your own NZ State Highway sheild on the wiki. - Boochan 05:22, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
I've added an infobox to the State Highway 1 (New Zealand) article, though some of the information on it doubtless needs correcting (I was working from an old road map :). If we start breaking out other articles for NZ highways it could possibly be turned into a parametered template, though I get in a mess when trying to deal with template parameters myself. If interested people could check it out and make any amendments they feel necessary, it'd be appreciated! Grutness... wha? 09:23, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
Has anyone else noticed that when you come off at the new Highbrook Dr exit on the Southern Motorway, it says that Otara, MIT & the shield for SH13 is towards Bairds Rd. I wasn't aware there was a SH13 going thru Otara/Papatoetoe/East Tamaki? - Martync84 22:43, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
State Highway 22 seems to have been shortened to stop north of Pukekohe, rather than extend right through to the Waikato River. I was driving along this route last week and the 'Highway Ends' shield is before you reach Pukekohe when travelling south. I see that Transit maps dated 1 January 2005 have this highway not reaching Pukekohe. 203.211.77.209 03:10, 23 May 2007 (UTC)Gorman
Hi all - we've long had an article on SH1, but none on the other seven national highways. It's probably about time we did - I've just made State Highway 8 (New Zealand), which I'd like other editors to have a look at and comment/expand on. BTW, if anyone's willing to make any of the others, I'd be only too keen to make appropriate maps (just leave a note on my talk page). Grutness... wha? 23:54, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
I just uploaded the shields of all north island highways in Commons Cat. "New_Zealand_state_highway_shields", south island will follow in a few days. If someone wishes to add the missing shields to the articles, please also replace existing *.png files, all of them are drawn with wrong font and letter dimensions. Andy king50 ( talk) 19:41, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
I've edited the example given for finding distances using RAPID numbering as this is only really applicable for the first stage of each highway. RAPID numbers are calculated from a datum point which is, more often than not, somewhere quite different from the start of the highway; the nearest major town, or even a minor town if the road changes name at a major or minor junction. For example, of the six major highways which comprise State Highway 94, only one of them (Waimea Highway) calculates its RAPID numbers from the start of the highway at Gore. Daveosaurus ( talk) 11:29, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
Does anyone know how to add links to the navbox. I've made an article for SH29 but there is no link to it from the navbox. Videomaniac29 ( talk) 08:11, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
There is a debate over at Wikivoyage about whether or not there should be a space between "SH" and the number. Usage here seems to be spaced. NZTA uses both forms, sometimes on the same page, eg, [2]. Some other agencies specify unspaced, eg, NZ Post says "abbreviate 'State Highway' to 'SH' (eg. 'SH 1')" [3]. I'm guessing NZTA does not have an official style, since they use both - anyone know for sure? Nurg ( talk) 07:55, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
Has the naming convention for New Zealand state highways been discussed before? I find it rather unnatural that they are all named "New Zealand State Highway x" when "State Highway x (New Zealand)" would reflect the common name. Thoughts? Pointers? Schwede 66 21:15, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
Roads of national significance are mentioned in 17 articles, but none explains the concept, or lists the roads. Should there be a separate heading in this article, or would it be more appropriate as a separate article, or an expanded part of the last paragraph of Fifth National Government of New Zealand, with a link, or 'see also' here? Johnragla ( talk) 23:39, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
" State highways are numbered according to which part of the country they are located. State highways within the Wellington, Manawatū and Hawke's Bay regions are numbered between 50-59, with 59 being the next available number for the Wellington region." This is a little more specific than what's in the article, though maybe still vague enough not to change anything. Mapsax ( talk) 00:23, 26 January 2022 (UTC)