New Zealand (/njuːˈziːlənd/new-ZEE-lənd, Māori:Aotearoa[aɔˈtɛaɾɔa]) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country geographically comprises two main landmasses – that of the North Island, or Te Ika-a-Māui, and the South Island, or Te Waipounamu – and numerous smaller islands. New Zealand is situated some 1,500 kilometres (900mi) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly 1,000 kilometres (600mi) south of the Pacific island areas of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. Because of its remoteness, it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans. During its long isolation, New Zealand developed a distinctive biodiversity of animal, fungal and plant life. The country's varied topography and its sharp mountain peaks, such as the Southern Alps, owe much to the tectonic uplift of land and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, while its most populous city is Auckland.
Somewhere between 1250 and 1300 CE, Polynesians settled in the islands that were to become New Zealand, and developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, Abel Tasman, a Dutch explorer, became the first European to sight New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the British Crown and Māori Chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi, making New Zealand a British colony. Today, the majority of New Zealand's population of 4.5 million is of European descent; the indigenous Māori are the largest minority, followed by Asians and Pacific Islanders. Reflecting this, New Zealand's culture is mainly derived from Māori and early British settlers, with recent broadening arising from increased immigration. The official languages are English, Māori and New Zealand Sign Language, with English predominant.
The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board (IRB) selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Africa at a meeting in Dublin on 17 November 2005. The tournament was won by New Zealand, who defeated France 8–7 in the final. The defending champions, South Africa, were eliminated by Australia 11–9 in the quarter-finals. The result marked the third time that the tournament was won by the country that hosted the event (following New Zealand in 1987 and South Africa in 1995).
It was the largest sporting event ever held in New Zealand, eclipsing the 1987 Rugby World Cup, 1990 Commonwealth Games, 1992 Cricket World Cup and the 2003 America's Cup. Overseas visitors to New Zealand for the event totalled 133,000, more than the 95,000 that the organisers expected. However, there was a drop in non-event visitors, meaning the net increase in visitors over the previous year was less than 80,000.
The New Zealand state highway network is the major national highway network in New Zealand. Nearly 100 roads in the North and South Islands are state highways. All state highways are administered by the NZ Transport Agency.
The highways were originally designated using a two-tier system, national (SH 1 to 8) and provincial, with national highways having a higher standard and funding priorities. Now all are state highways, and the network consists of SH 1 running the length of both islands, SH 2 to 5 and 10 to 58 in the North Island, and SH 6 to 8 and 60 to 99 in the South Island, numbered approximately north to south. State highways are marked by red shield-shaped signs with white numbering (shields for the former provincial highways were blue). Road maps usually number state highways in this fashion.
Only two percent of the network is composed of dual-carriageway motorways with grade-separated access, but they carry ten percent of all New Zealand traffic. The majority of the state highway network is made up of single-carriageway roads with one lane each way and at-grade access.
The NZ Hawks wear a distinctive silver and black ADIDAS uniform which consists of a guernsey (singlet), shorts and socks. The guernsey contains New Zealand's silver fern and the Hawks logo. Before every match, similar to the all blacks, the NZ Hawks will perform a haka.
Learn more about what causes potholes to form, and more importantly what can be done to reduce the formation of these inconvenient and sometimes dangerous beings.
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published: 06 Feb 2023
NZTA State Highway Network
A video about New Zealand's State Highway Network.
published: 17 Sep 2012
We're getting to work on Northland's state highway network
The condition of the roads is always a talking point over the colder and wetter months, and this winter has been particularly hard on the roads. Permanent road repairs can’t be done when it’s cold and wet, so for the past few months our contractors have been undertaking temporary repairs across Northland’s state highway network.
With the weather warming up, our crews will be moving from temporary repairs to permanent road renewals.
We’ve got a huge amount of work planned across Northland, so we appreciate everyone’s patience as our teams get to work repairing the region’s state highways.
published: 21 Sep 2022
How does New Zealand's weather affect our roading network?
Every day, Waka Kotahi and @MetServiceNZ work together to understand how New Zealand's changeable weather may affect the country's state highway network, and what the public needs to know before travelling.
Advance notice of wild weather on the way helps us get the state highways ready, put our roading crews on standby, and keep people informed of potentially damaging or dangerous driving weather.
published: 07 Sep 2022
New Zealand Motorway Ramps
published: 30 Nov 2022
Unveiling New Zealand's Road Classification System
A quick, informative overview of the road classification system in New Zealand. Discover how this system helps in managing and maintaining the road infrastructure. And stay till the end for an intriguing question about the future of road infrastructure in New Zealand.
published: 30 Jun 2023
Watching the weather on New Zealand's roads
Every day, Waka Kotahi and @metnz work together to understand how New Zealand's changeable weather may affect the country's state highway network, and what the public needs to know before travelling.
Advance notice of wild weather on the way helps us get the state highways ready, put our roading crews on standby, and keep people informed of potentially damaging or dangerous driving weather.
published: 25 Aug 2023
Roadworkers’ new mana wave taking New Zealand highways by storm | 1News
Roadworkers around New Zealand’s State Highway 35 have a fun new craze that is taking social media by storm, the mana wave. 1News went roadside to meet the heroes behind the mana waves and find out what makes a great mana wave.
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published: 01 Apr 2024
Accessing State Highway network and Maori land at Te Toka, Mt Messenger
Former Sargeant Lawn of the NZ Police confirms rights of public access to all parts of the State Highway network at Te Toka, Mt Messenger on 3 November 2022.
published: 30 Aug 2023
Southbound New Zealand State Highway 1, Auckland Harbour Bridge & Central Motorway Junction
This video follows southbound New Zealand State Highway 1 as it crosses the iconic Auckland Harbour Bridge, passes by the CBD and enters the Central Motorway Junction, one of the world's most complex interchanges.
Learn more about what causes potholes to form, and more importantly what can be done to reduce the formation of these inconvenient and sometimes dangerous being...
Learn more about what causes potholes to form, and more importantly what can be done to reduce the formation of these inconvenient and sometimes dangerous beings.
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Learn more about what causes potholes to form, and more importantly what can be done to reduce the formation of these inconvenient and sometimes dangerous beings.
Want to find out more about Cirtex? Check us out on any of the platforms below:
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The condition of the roads is always a talking point over the colder and wetter months, and this winter has been particularly hard on the roads. Permanent road ...
The condition of the roads is always a talking point over the colder and wetter months, and this winter has been particularly hard on the roads. Permanent road repairs can’t be done when it’s cold and wet, so for the past few months our contractors have been undertaking temporary repairs across Northland’s state highway network.
With the weather warming up, our crews will be moving from temporary repairs to permanent road renewals.
We’ve got a huge amount of work planned across Northland, so we appreciate everyone’s patience as our teams get to work repairing the region’s state highways.
The condition of the roads is always a talking point over the colder and wetter months, and this winter has been particularly hard on the roads. Permanent road repairs can’t be done when it’s cold and wet, so for the past few months our contractors have been undertaking temporary repairs across Northland’s state highway network.
With the weather warming up, our crews will be moving from temporary repairs to permanent road renewals.
We’ve got a huge amount of work planned across Northland, so we appreciate everyone’s patience as our teams get to work repairing the region’s state highways.
Every day, Waka Kotahi and @MetServiceNZ work together to understand how New Zealand's changeable weather may affect the country's state highway network, and wh...
Every day, Waka Kotahi and @MetServiceNZ work together to understand how New Zealand's changeable weather may affect the country's state highway network, and what the public needs to know before travelling.
Advance notice of wild weather on the way helps us get the state highways ready, put our roading crews on standby, and keep people informed of potentially damaging or dangerous driving weather.
Every day, Waka Kotahi and @MetServiceNZ work together to understand how New Zealand's changeable weather may affect the country's state highway network, and what the public needs to know before travelling.
Advance notice of wild weather on the way helps us get the state highways ready, put our roading crews on standby, and keep people informed of potentially damaging or dangerous driving weather.
A quick, informative overview of the road classification system in New Zealand. Discover how this system helps in managing and maintaining the road infrastructu...
A quick, informative overview of the road classification system in New Zealand. Discover how this system helps in managing and maintaining the road infrastructure. And stay till the end for an intriguing question about the future of road infrastructure in New Zealand.
A quick, informative overview of the road classification system in New Zealand. Discover how this system helps in managing and maintaining the road infrastructure. And stay till the end for an intriguing question about the future of road infrastructure in New Zealand.
Every day, Waka Kotahi and @metnz work together to understand how New Zealand's changeable weather may affect the country's state highway network, and what th...
Every day, Waka Kotahi and @metnz work together to understand how New Zealand's changeable weather may affect the country's state highway network, and what the public needs to know before travelling.
Advance notice of wild weather on the way helps us get the state highways ready, put our roading crews on standby, and keep people informed of potentially damaging or dangerous driving weather.
Every day, Waka Kotahi and @metnz work together to understand how New Zealand's changeable weather may affect the country's state highway network, and what the public needs to know before travelling.
Advance notice of wild weather on the way helps us get the state highways ready, put our roading crews on standby, and keep people informed of potentially damaging or dangerous driving weather.
Roadworkers around New Zealand’s State Highway 35 have a fun new craze that is taking social media by storm, the mana wave. 1News went roadside to meet the hero...
Roadworkers around New Zealand’s State Highway 35 have a fun new craze that is taking social media by storm, the mana wave. 1News went roadside to meet the heroes behind the mana waves and find out what makes a great mana wave.
This is the official channel of TVNZ's 1News, where we deliver the latest news, in-depth journalism and expert analysis from reporters you can trust. Subscribe for reports from 1News, Seven Sharp, Breakfast, Q+A, Fair Go and Sunday.
Roadworkers around New Zealand’s State Highway 35 have a fun new craze that is taking social media by storm, the mana wave. 1News went roadside to meet the heroes behind the mana waves and find out what makes a great mana wave.
This is the official channel of TVNZ's 1News, where we deliver the latest news, in-depth journalism and expert analysis from reporters you can trust. Subscribe for reports from 1News, Seven Sharp, Breakfast, Q+A, Fair Go and Sunday.
Former Sargeant Lawn of the NZ Police confirms rights of public access to all parts of the State Highway network at Te Toka, Mt Messenger on 3 November 2022.
Former Sargeant Lawn of the NZ Police confirms rights of public access to all parts of the State Highway network at Te Toka, Mt Messenger on 3 November 2022.
Former Sargeant Lawn of the NZ Police confirms rights of public access to all parts of the State Highway network at Te Toka, Mt Messenger on 3 November 2022.
This video follows southbound New Zealand State Highway 1 as it crosses the iconic Auckland Harbour Bridge, passes by the CBD and enters the Central Motorway Ju...
This video follows southbound New Zealand State Highway 1 as it crosses the iconic Auckland Harbour Bridge, passes by the CBD and enters the Central Motorway Junction, one of the world's most complex interchanges.
This video follows southbound New Zealand State Highway 1 as it crosses the iconic Auckland Harbour Bridge, passes by the CBD and enters the Central Motorway Junction, one of the world's most complex interchanges.
Learn more about what causes potholes to form, and more importantly what can be done to reduce the formation of these inconvenient and sometimes dangerous beings.
Want to find out more about Cirtex? Check us out on any of the platforms below:
Website - https://cirtexcivil.co.nz/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/10062826
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/cirtexcivil/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cirtexcivil/
#cirtex #gainmoreground #roadconstructionwork #asphaltpaving #roadcondition #pavement #potholes #stabilisationgrids #potholereduction #projectsolutions #roadimprovement
The condition of the roads is always a talking point over the colder and wetter months, and this winter has been particularly hard on the roads. Permanent road repairs can’t be done when it’s cold and wet, so for the past few months our contractors have been undertaking temporary repairs across Northland’s state highway network.
With the weather warming up, our crews will be moving from temporary repairs to permanent road renewals.
We’ve got a huge amount of work planned across Northland, so we appreciate everyone’s patience as our teams get to work repairing the region’s state highways.
Every day, Waka Kotahi and @MetServiceNZ work together to understand how New Zealand's changeable weather may affect the country's state highway network, and what the public needs to know before travelling.
Advance notice of wild weather on the way helps us get the state highways ready, put our roading crews on standby, and keep people informed of potentially damaging or dangerous driving weather.
A quick, informative overview of the road classification system in New Zealand. Discover how this system helps in managing and maintaining the road infrastructure. And stay till the end for an intriguing question about the future of road infrastructure in New Zealand.
Every day, Waka Kotahi and @metnz work together to understand how New Zealand's changeable weather may affect the country's state highway network, and what the public needs to know before travelling.
Advance notice of wild weather on the way helps us get the state highways ready, put our roading crews on standby, and keep people informed of potentially damaging or dangerous driving weather.
Roadworkers around New Zealand’s State Highway 35 have a fun new craze that is taking social media by storm, the mana wave. 1News went roadside to meet the heroes behind the mana waves and find out what makes a great mana wave.
This is the official channel of TVNZ's 1News, where we deliver the latest news, in-depth journalism and expert analysis from reporters you can trust. Subscribe for reports from 1News, Seven Sharp, Breakfast, Q+A, Fair Go and Sunday.
Former Sargeant Lawn of the NZ Police confirms rights of public access to all parts of the State Highway network at Te Toka, Mt Messenger on 3 November 2022.
This video follows southbound New Zealand State Highway 1 as it crosses the iconic Auckland Harbour Bridge, passes by the CBD and enters the Central Motorway Junction, one of the world's most complex interchanges.
New Zealand (/njuːˈziːlənd/new-ZEE-lənd, Māori:Aotearoa[aɔˈtɛaɾɔa]) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country geographically comprises two main landmasses – that of the North Island, or Te Ika-a-Māui, and the South Island, or Te Waipounamu – and numerous smaller islands. New Zealand is situated some 1,500 kilometres (900mi) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly 1,000 kilometres (600mi) south of the Pacific island areas of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. Because of its remoteness, it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans. During its long isolation, New Zealand developed a distinctive biodiversity of animal, fungal and plant life. The country's varied topography and its sharp mountain peaks, such as the Southern Alps, owe much to the tectonic uplift of land and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, while its most populous city is Auckland.
Somewhere between 1250 and 1300 CE, Polynesians settled in the islands that were to become New Zealand, and developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, Abel Tasman, a Dutch explorer, became the first European to sight New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the British Crown and Māori Chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi, making New Zealand a British colony. Today, the majority of New Zealand's population of 4.5 million is of European descent; the indigenous Māori are the largest minority, followed by Asians and Pacific Islanders. Reflecting this, New Zealand's culture is mainly derived from Māori and early British settlers, with recent broadening arising from increased immigration. The official languages are English, Māori and New Zealand Sign Language, with English predominant.
Dave Alvin (Blue Horn Toad Music, BMI, Administered by Bug Music) Well I'm leavin' this mornin' baby Gonna ride that new highway Yeah I'm leavin' this mornin' baby Gonna ride that new highway And the more you cry the more you gonna drive me away. I ain't got no family Ain't got no wife or no child I ain't got no family Ain't got no wife, no child Ain't got no religion, I'm just out here runnin' wild. Well a rich man's got money And a poor man's only got his soul Yeah rich man's got the money baby Poor boy only got his soul But I got this new highway and I don't care where I go. Well this new highway baby Takes me from town to town Yeah this new highway baby Takes me from town to town Where some sweet angel always lets me lay down. Well my Kansas woman's got Skin as white as snow Yeah my Kansas City baby's got Skin as white as snow But my Deep Ellum woman's got hair as black as coal. Well your lovers will leave you baby Good friends will come and go Yeah your lovers will leave you baby Good friends come and go But this new highway's the best friend I've ever known. Now the gold sun's settin' baby Silver moon on the rise Yeah the gold sun's settin' baby Silver moon on the rise
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The New Zealand Road Assessment Programme or developed by the Automobile Association and TransportAgency rated nearly 90 percent of New Zealand's state highway network, covering more than 10,000km of ...
The New Zealand TransportAgency is considering options for realigning part of StateHighway 6 in Westland to increase the road network's resilience in future weather events, but such a fix would take years and is likely to cost hundreds of millions.
Police and the New ... Crews have been out in recent months renewing and rebuilding roads across New Zealand’s state highway network and we urge drivers to take extra care at work sites.”.
Crews have been out in recent months renewing and rebuilding roads across New Zealand’s state highway network and we urge drivers to take extra care at work sites.”.
Crews have been out in recent months renewing and rebuilding roads across New Zealand’s state highway network and we urge drivers to take extra care at work sites.” .
The Government will spend $4 billion over the next three years fixing and preventing potholes on state highways and local roads nationwide ...Last year, over 62,000 potholes needed repair on state highways around New Zealand.
"We've got a ring road state highway network, so closing down that and asking people to go via Hewletts Road - which is congested on a good day - is just going to grind the city to a halt.".
She drove to Christchurch and back to compare her region's roads with the rest of New Zealand ...Transport MinisterSimeonBrown had repeatedly declared his intention to fill New Zealand's potholes.
The Automobile Association (AA) says StateHighway 1 is the poor “shop window” of a network riddled with potholes and road surface issues ... The AA said the country’s state highway network has been underfunded for a decade.
He talked about the need for greater productivity in New Zealand, saying one related element was transport networks and supply chains ... "New Zealand's roading network needs a step change." ... New ...
A Government spokesperson said that during the 2021/22 financial year more than 45,000 potholes were repaired across the 11,000km of New Zealand’s state highway network and a further 2,400km of state highway is due to be resealed or rebuilt by April.
The work will see more than 2400 lane kilometres of state highways being either resealed or rebuilt from Cape Reinga to Bluff - more than 10 per cent of New Zealand’s state highway network ... network.
This coincides with a time when many New Zealanders are looking to travel for their summer holidays. “These two factors will put conflicting demands on the state highway network, and the best way to resolve this is to work together,” Campbell said.