State Highway 11 (New Zealand)

State Highway 11 (SH 11) is a 30 kilometre stretch of highway in the North Island of New Zealand. It links SH 10 at Puketona and SH 1 at Kawakawa. Its main destination is the Bay of Islands township of Paihia. Until 2004, it terminated at Tohitapu Road, in southern Paihia township.

State Highway 11
Route information
Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length	30 km (19 mi)
Known for	Waitangi Treaty Grounds
Major junctions
Southeast end	SH 1 (Queen Street), Kawakawa
Northwest end	SH 10 at Puketona Junction
Location
Country	New Zealand
Primary destinations	Paihia
Highway system
New Zealand state highways Motorways and expressways List
← SH 10 → SH 12

Route

First gazetted in 1997, SH 11 begins at a junction with SH 1 in Kawakawa. It heads north along the coast, passing west of Opua before entering Paihia along Paihia Road, Seaview Road and Marsden Road. It then leaves Paihia to the west along Puketona Road and passes through Haruru, before terminating at Puketona Junction on SH 10, 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Kerikeri.

SH 11 provides access, via Paihia, to the Waitangi Treaty Grounds: the location where the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840.

Major intersections

Territorial authority	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Far North District	Kawakawa	0	0.0	SH 1 south – Whangārei SH 1 north – Kaikohe, Kerikeri, Cape Reinga	SH 11 begins 35°22′51″S 174°04′18″E
	Paihia	16.9	10.5	Te Karuwha Parade – Waitangi
	Puketona Junction	29.5	18.3	SH 1 south – Kawakawa SH 1 north – Kerikeri, Kaitaia	SH 11 ends 35°18′12″S 173°57′45″E

See also

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

External links

• New Zealand Transport Agency