State Highway 11 is a 30 kilometre stretch of highway in the North Island

North Island

The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the much less populous South Island by Cook Strait. The island is in area, making it the world's 14th-largest island...

 of New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

. It links State Highway 10

New Zealand State Highway 10

State Highway 10 is a road in the North of the North Island in New Zealand. At both ends it connects to the New Zealand State Highway 1. It runs on the coast of the North Easterly bit of New Zealand....

 at Puketona and State Highway 1 at Kawakawa

Kawakawa, New Zealand

Kawakawa is a small town in the Northland Region of northern New Zealand. It had a population of 1347 at the 2006 census, down from 1401 in 2001. Kawakawa developed as a service town when coal was found in the area in 1861, but there is no longer coal mining here...

. Its main destination is the Bay of Islands township of Paihia

Paihia

Paihia is the main tourist town in the Bay of Islands in the far north of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located close to the historic towns of Russell, and Kerikeri, 60 kilometres north of Whangarei. The origin of the name Paihia is obscure. One, possibily apocryphal, attribution is to...

. Until 2004, it terminated at Tohitapu Road, in southern Paihia township.

Route

State Highway 11 begins at Puketona Junction, 10 km south of Kerikeri

Kerikeri

Kerikeri, the largest town in the Northland Region of New Zealand, is a popular tourist destination about three hours drive north of Auckland, and 80 km north of Whangarei...

, from State Highway 10. From there it runs 12.7 km along Puketona Road to Paihia, turning right into Marsden Road at its eastern terminus. SH11 continues through Paihia, turning right at the end of town into Seaview Road. After changing to Paihia Road, SH11 continues 14.3 km to its terminus at State Highway 1 in Kawakawa, where the driver can choose to continue straight ahead to Whangarei

Whangarei

Whangarei, pronounced , is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the regional capital of Northland Region. Although commonly classified as a city, it is officially part of the Whangarei District, administered by the Whangarei District Council a local body created in 1989 to administer both the...

 (and further afield Auckland

Auckland

The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

) or turn right for Kawakawa township, Kaikohe

Kaikohe

Kaikohe is the central service area for the Far North District of New Zealand, about 260 km from Auckland, situated on State Highway 12 at...

, Kaitaia

Kaitaia

Kaitaia is a town in the far north region of New Zealand, at the base of the Aupouri Peninsula which is about 160 km northwest of Whangarei. It is the last major settlement on the main road north to the capes and bays on the peninsula...

 and Cape Reinga

Cape Reinga

Cape Reinga is the northwesternmost tip of the Aupouri Peninsula, at the northern end of the North Island of New Zealand. Cape Reinga is located over 100 km north of the nearest small town of Kaitaia. State Highway 1 extends all the way to the Cape, but until 2010 was unsealed gravel road for the...

.

See also

• List of New Zealand State Highways
• List of roads and highways, for notable or famous roads worldwide

External links

• Transit New Zealand