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Thermal Explorer Highway
WhakarewarewaPohutuGeyserSign.jpg
The famous Pohutu Geyser, which can be found along this route
Route information
Length445 km (277 mi)
Location
CountryNew Zealand
Primary
destinations
Highway system

The Thermal Explorer Highway is a 435-kilometre (270 mi) tourist road route in New Zealand, connecting the cities of Auckland and Napier via the geothermally active central North Island. The name "Thermal Explorer" is named as such because of the geothermally active regions the route passes through, such as Rotorua and Taupō.[1]

Major Junctions

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Territorial authorityLocationkmmiExitDestinationsNotes
AucklandAuckland CBD00.0Thermal Explorer Highway begins
10.62 SH 16 west (Northwestern Motorway) – Waitakere, Helensville
21.2 SH 16 east (Northwestern Motorway) – Port
Manukau2214 SH 20 (Southwestern Motorway) – Manukau, Airport
Waikato DistrictPōkeno4930 SH 2Tauranga, Coromandel Peninsula
Hamilton CityFrankton12376 SH 23Raglan
Melville12779 SH 3Te Awamutu, Waitomo Caves, New Plymouth
Waikato DistrictTamahere13584 SH 21 (Airport Road) – Tamahere, Matangi, Airport, Mystery Creek
Matamata-Piako District /
South Waikato District boundary
Piarere168104 SH 29Tauranga
South Waikato DistrictTīrau179111 SH 27 – Coromandel Peninsula, Tauranga, Matamata
181112 SH 1 south – Tokoroa, Taupō
Tapapa186116 SH 28 south – Putāruru
188117 SH 28 north – Matamata, Tauranga
Rotorua LakesNgongotahā224139 SH 36 – Ngongotahā, Tauranga
Rotorua231144 SH 30A (Pukuatua Street) – City Centre,Whakatāne
Whakarewarewa236147 SH 30 east (Hemo Road) – City Centre, Whakatāne
237147 SH 30 west – Tokoroa, Te Kūiti
Waiotapu257160 SH 38Murupara, Waikaremoana
Taupō DistrictWairakei304189(Wairakei Drive) – Taupō
SH 1 north – Hamilton
Taupō315196 SH 1 south (East Taupō Arterial) – Tūrangi, Palmerston North
(Napier Road) – Taupō
Hastings District
No major junctions
Napier CityBay View442275 SH 2 north – Wairoa, Gisborne
SH 2 south – Napier, Hastings
Thermal Explorer Highway Ends

References

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  1. ^ "Touring map of the North and South Island" (PDF). Tourism New Zealand. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
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