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New Zealand Road Distance & Trip Time Table

North Island

Distances are in Kilometers. Travel times are in hours and minutes.

Auckland:  449
8.20		 127
1.55		 325
6.00		 423
6.35		 357
6.20		 241
4.15		 537
7.40		 234
3.35		 280
4.05		 206
3.20		 202
3.10		 457
8.00		 658
9.15
Gisborne:  394
6.30		 823
14.20		 216
3.25		 585
10.25		 739
12.35		 394
6.05		 287
4.50		 332
5.25		 298
5.00		 445
7.30		 468
7.15		 538
8.15
Hamilton:  452
7.55		 296
4.40		 231
4.25		 368
6.10		 411
5.45		 107
1.40		 153
2.10		 107
1.55		 75
1.15		 331
6.05		 532
7.30
Kaitaia:  748
12.35		 681
12.20		 108
2.15		 861
13.40		 558
9.35		 602
10.05		 531
9.20		 524
9.10		 779
14.00		 983
15.15
Napier:  412
6.15		 661
10.50		 178
2.40		 225
3.50		 143
2.30		 299
4.55		 307
5.05		 252
3.50		 323
4.50
New Plymouth:  597
10.35		 234
3.35		 299
5.35		 296
5.25		 308
5.40		 173
3.30		 160
2.25		 355
5.10
Paihia (Bay of Islands):  777
11.55		 474
7.50		 518
8.20		 445
7.35		 440
7.25		 697
12.15		 898
13.30
Palmerston North:  339
4.55		 259
3.35		 415
6.00		 342
6.20		 74
1.10		 145
2.10
Rotorua:  80
1.20		 86
1.30		 166
2.45		 309
4.25		 460
6.30
Taupo:  156
2.25		 163
2.35		 229
3.05		 380
5.10
Tauranga:  151
2.30		 439
6.35		 545
8.00
Waitomo Caves:  273
5.10		 473
7.10
Wanganui:  195
2.45
Wellington: 

South Island

Distances are in kilometers. Travel times are in hours and minutes.

 Blenheim
321
4.35		  Christchurch
683
9.35		 361
5.00		  Dunedin
520
8.00		 408
6.15		 570
10.30		  Franz Josef
331
5.05		 255
4.10		 565
9.10		 189
3.15		  Greymouth
666
10.50		 554
9.05		 424
7.40		 146
2.30		 335
5.45		  Haast
899
12.45		 578
8.10		 217
3.10		 542
10.40		 731
13.55		 396
8.10		  Invercargill
1092
16.10		 771
11.35		 410
6.35		 660
12.45		 849
16.00		 514
10.15		 280
4.45		  Milford Sound
651
9.20		 330
4.45		 319
4.35		 506
8.55		 524
12.10		 360
6.25		 445
6.25		 578
8.55		  Mount Cook
117
1.45		 417
6.20		 799
11.20		 485
7.50		 296
4.35		 631
10.20		 1016
14.30		 1145
16.10		 747
11.10		  Nelson
29
0.25		 350
5.00		 711
10.00		 549
8.45		 360
5.30		 695
11.15		 928
13.50		 1121
16.35		 680
9.50		 113
2.10		  Picton
808
11.50		 487
7.15		 281
4.25		 365
7.40		 554
10.55		 219
5.10		 189
3.00		 307
5.05		 271
3.50		 850
15.00		 837
12.15		  Queenstown
971
13.50		 650
9.15		 289
4.15		 539
10.25		 728
13.40		 393
7.55		 159
2.25		 121
2.20		 426
6.35		 1024
13.50		 1000
14.15		 166
2.45		  Te Anau
749
11.05		 428
6.30		 276
4.20		 294
5.50		 483
9.05		 148
3.20		 248
4.50		 366
6.55		 212
3.05		 779
13.10		 778
11.30		 71
1.50		 245
4.35		  Wanaka
265
4.15		 336
5.10		 670
10.10		 294
5.00		 105
1.45		 440
7.30		 836
15.40		 954
17.45		 629
13.55		 230
3.45		 294
5.55		 659
12.40		 823
15.25		 588
10.50		  Westport

Driving in New Zealand

Driving in a foreign country is always different in at least some ways to driving in your own country. Here are some general points regarding driving in New Zealand.

  • Vehicles drive on the left-hand side of the road as they do in Britain, Australia, and Japan.
  • Visitors wishing to drive in New Zealand do not require an internationaldriver's licence but are required to carry their local driver's licence whenever driving.
  • Speed limits are in kilometres per hour (kph), not miles per hour (mph).
    Speed conversion to imperial: 1 kph equals 0.621 mph.
    Speed conversion to metric: 1 mph equals 1.61 kph.
  • The speed limit in towns and cities is usually 50 kph (31 mph).
  • The speed limit on the open road is 100 kph (62 mph).
  • New Zealand has strict drink-driving laws. Only low blood/alcohol levels permitted.
  • Seat belts must be worn at all times whilst driving in New Zealand. This stands for the driver and passengers. It is also the driver's responsibility to make sure all passengers under the age of 15 are correctly restrained.

EEEKKkkkkk !!! Please note this very different rule in New Zealand that vehicles turning left must give way to traffic turning right. RED Car must give way (yield) to the BLUE Car :

  • There are very few multi-lane highways in New Zealand and, as such, travelling times per distance travelled are often longer than in other countries.
  • Petrol (gasoline) costs approximately $NZD1.70 per litre and is available in at least two grades (96 octane and 91 octane).
  • Speed limits are in kilometres per hour (kph), not miles per hour (mph).
    Fuel conversion to imperial: 1 litre equals 0.26 US gallons or 0.22 UK gallons.
    Fuel conversion to metric: 1 US gallon equals 3.79 litres and 1 UK gallon equals 4.55 litres.

 

 

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