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State Highway 36 (New Zealand)

Road in New Zealand

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State Highway 36
Route information
Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length	48.0 km (29.8 mi)
Major junctions
North end	SH 29 (Takitimu Drive) in Tauranga
South end	SH 5 (Ngongotahā Road) at Ngongotahā
Location
Country	New Zealand
Primary destinations	Pyes Pa
Highway system
New Zealand state highways Motorways and expressways List
← SH 35 → SH 37

State Highway 36 (SH 36) is a New Zealand state highway in the Bay of Plenty region in the North Island. It is one of two state highways (along with SH 33) that form a north–south connection between the cities of Tauranga and Rotorua, SH 36 being the most westerly of the two. It was identified as a quicker route to access the two cities and extensive work was done to upgrade the rural route to state highway quality.

SH 36 is one of two state highways (the other being SH 15) to be gazetted initially in one location, revoked, then gazetted again in another location. SH 36 used to be located in the Gisborne/Hawkes Bay district, some 200 km south east of where it is now, before being revoked in 1991. SH 36 at its current location became a state highway in 2005.

SH 36 begins at SH 29inTauranga at a roundabout junction with the toll road Takitimu Drive (Route K). SH 36 travels south-east initially before merging with Pyes Pa Road at another roundabout intersection. SH 36 then turns south through Pyes Pa and passes mostly through hillside before terminating with SH 5atNgongotahā, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of Rotorua.

Since being gazetted in 2005, SH 36 has had only one route change. This being at its northern terminus where SH 36 originally travelled up Pyes Pa Road and terminated at the roundabout with Cameron Road in the suburb of Greerton. It recently was shifted west to its current terminus, with the deviation along a newly constructed section of highway.^[1]

Former Provincial State Highway 36 used to run between SH 2atPatutahi west of Gisborne and SH 38atFrasertown just north of Wairoa, a distance of 83.4 km. It was revoked in 1991.

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Territorial authority	Location	km	mi	Exit	Name	Destinations	Notes
Tauranga City	Tauriko					SH 29 west – Hamilton, Auckland SH 29 north – City Centre, Port () SH 29A – Greerton, Mount Maunganui	SH 1 begins
						Lakes Boulevard Taurikura Drive
	Pyes Pa					Kennedy Road Paraone Koikoi Drive
						Pyes Pa Road – Greerton
Western Bay of Plenty	No major junctions
Rotorua Lakes	Hamurana					Hamurana Road – Hamurana
	Ngongotahā					SH 5 south – Rotorua SH 5 west – Tīrau, Hamilton	SH 36 ends

• List of New Zealand state highways

• New Zealand Transport Agency