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P01 Cape Reinga - distance signs1
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P02 Ninety Mile Beach - anything anywhere on the beach
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P03 Tane Mahuta - big tree
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P04 Poutu Point

P04Alt Matakohe Post and Telegraph Office

P05 Mt Eden - summit

P06 Between Thames and Te Aroha - a cow

P07 Lake Karapiro

P08 Centre of North Island

P09 Ongarue Spiral

P10 Bridge to Nowhere

P11 Drury Hill

P12 Manawatu River
From the big new Hwy3 bridge

P13 The giant kiwi in Ekatahuna

P14 Rimutaka Summit Tunnel

P15 Cook Strait Ferry - anything, anywhere from the ferry

P16 Maungatapu Saddle

P17 Lake Rotoroa - from the jetty

P18 Maruia Saddle - the beech forest

P19 Waiuta Track boardwalk [It's around-about here]1

P20 Greymouth Bar

P21 Hokitika Clock Tower

P22 Lake Ianthe

P23 Fox Glacier - from the glacier lookout1

P24 Knights Point Lookout

P25 Haast Pass saddle

P26 Hawea Walkway Bridge

P27 Queenstown

P27Alt Duffers Saddle

P28 Between Mossburn and Invercargill - a random Southland local

P29 Bluff distance signs

Turn off to Luggate

1.1 Cape Reinga to Rangiora Ferry Terminal 006

1.2 Ferry Rangiora Ferry Terminal to Rawene boat trip 001

1.3 Rawene to Dargaville 003

1.4 Dargaville to Pouto Point (boat pickup) 006

1.4A Option bypass around Kaipara Harbour 001

1.5 Charter boat down Kaipara Harbour 001

1.6 Parakai to Mt Eden Summit 002

1.6A Option into Helensville 001

2.1 Mt Eden Summit to Clevedon 002

2.1B Option Mt Eden Summit to Ferry Terminal 001

2.1C Option Ferry Auckland to Pine Harbour 001

2.1D Option Pine Harbour to Clevedon via coast 21.8km

2.2 Clevedon to Kaiaua via coast 004

2.2A Option Clevedon to Kaiaua via Hunua Traverse 002

2.3 Kaiaua to Taumaranui 002

2.3A Option to Ongarue Store 001

3.1 Taumaranui to Mangaparua Landing 007

3.2 Whanganui jetboat trip 003

3.2A Option Mangapurua Track to Pikipriki via Raetihi 001

3.3 Pipiriki to Wellington Ferry Terminal 003

3.3A Option bypass around Durie Hill elevator 002
If the elevator is closed you'll need to ride up the hill.

3.3B Option Ashhurst to Parahaki Bridge Pathway

3.4 Cook Strait boat trip 001

3.5 Option extension to Bluebridge Ferry Terminal 001
For those taking the Bluebridge ferry.

4.1 Picton to Greymouth 003

4.1B Option MTB bypass into Ngakuta Bay 001
A lovely mountain bike option. This trail is slowly being extended westward, in different segments.

4.1C Option touring bypass via Rai Valley 002
If you have an overlaiden cycle touring bike you may choose this option. It has too much heavy traffic to be enjoyable.

4.1D Option touring bypass on Hwy 7 002
Use this bypass only if Big River is in flood. Check with DOC in Reefton for river conditions.

5.1 Greymouth to Cromwell 002

5.1A Option flood bypass 002
Use this only if it has been raining heavily for the last day or more, i.e., if the Wainihinihi Creek is likely to be in flood.

5.1B Option to Queenstown via Crown Range 2026-01-25 002
Since the Crown Range Road was sealed a few years ago, traffic on it has increased steadily - to the poiint that now it is busier than Highway 6 (between Wanaka and Cromwell).
Also - there are several good cycle trails over to Cromwell now. And the Kawerau Gorge Trail is due to be completed mid-2026.
So there are a lot of benefits to shifting away from the Crown Range.
But if you reach this point in early 2026 (before the Kawerau Gorge trail is open) then the Cromwell route will force you to also ride the Nevis Valley - which is a bit intimidating (big climb and isolated)... so you might prefer to brave the trffic on Crown Range Road.
We recommend you start at dawn to hopefully avoid the worst of the morning rush hour.
Update 25 Jan 2026: road works between Frankton and Queenstown have forced us to further change this bypass from Arrowtown to now go via Arhturs Point.

5.2 Nevis Valley (Cromwell to near Lumsden) 001
Before the Kawerau Gorge Trail is completed (mid-2026) the best way south from Cromwell is over the Nevis Valley. It's a big climb and you'll miss out on Queenstown - but it's way better than Highway 6 between Cromwell and Queenstown (which is narrow, with zero shoulder and very high traffic including lots of heavy trucks - don't do it!).

6.1 Ferry Earnslaw 001

6.2 Option Walter Peak to near Lumsden

6.3 Near Lumsden to Bluff 003