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PLAN YOUR

JOURNEY NELSON PICTON UPPER SOUTH ISLAND 1 TRAVEL GUIDE 62 BLENHEIM 63 6 WESTPORT

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7 KAIKOURA

GREYMOUTH 7

1 7 Allow plenty of time for your trip, take lots of breaks and be prepared for

71 delays as there are roadworks on the route.

CHRISTCHURCH

Autumn/Winter 2017

North Canterbury Transport Infrastructure Recovery State Highway 1 (SH1) is closed to If the GPS in your rental vehicle says all traffic travelling from Blenheim you can travel to KaikŌura on SH1 to Christchurch because of damage from Picton or Blenheim, ignore it – from the KaikŌura earthquake in the road is closed. November 2016. There are no train services between You can travel from Picton/Blenheim Picton and Christchurch as the to KaikŌura on the alternate route railway line is also damaged and along state highways 63, 6, 65 and closed. 7, then on Inland Road 70 – refer to maps inside.

HOW TO GET FROM PICTON/BLENHEIM TO KAIKŌURA AND CHRISTCHURCH

SH1 south from Blenheim MOTUEKA to Christchurch is NELSON PICTON ROAD OPEN closed - but you ROAD OPEN WITH RESTRICTIONS HAVELOCK (See website for information) 1 can still drive from ROAD CLOSED MAIN HIGHWAYS OPEN 62 WAIRAU Blenheim to KaikŌura AVAILABLE ROUTE VALLEY 63 and Christchurch on an BLENHEIM 63 SEDDON 6 alternate route. WESTPORT WARD Follow the orange signs MURCHISON ST ARNAUD on SH1 at Blenheim that 69 1 65 point to KaikŌura and REEFTON INLAND CLARENCE Christchurch. This will MARUIA ROAD 70 take you on the alternate MANGAMAUNU KAIKŌURA 7 LEWIS PASS route: SUMMIT MT SPRINGS LYFORD PEKETA JUNCTION HANMER ›› West on State GREYMOUTH 7 SPRINGS GOOSE BAY WAIAU Highway 63 through CONWAY FLAT

73 St Arnaud and on CULVERDEN State Highway 6 to CHEVIOT 7 ARTHUR’S Murchison. PASS 1

WAIPARA ›› South on State 73 Highway 6 to Maruia AMENITIES Information Restrooms site and Springs Junction. 71 State Highway Parking ›› Southeast on State KAIAPOI Rest Areas Petrol Mobile Coverage Black Spots Highway 7, over Lewis Food Pass, past the turn-off METHVEN 1 CHRISTCHURCH to Hanmer Springs and on to Culverden. The trip from Blenheim to Culverden will take you about five and a half hours to drive. At Culverden, head north on Inland Road 70 to KaikŌura. This will take another two hours. Take plenty of breaks and be prepared for delays as there are roadworks on the route. If travelling to Christchurch, it will take another one and half hours to get from Culverden, travelling on SH7 and joining SH1 at Waipara. HOW TO GET FROM KAIKŌURA TO CHRISTCHURCH MOTUEKA

PICTON ROAD OPEN NELSON SH1 from KaikŌura to ROAD OPEN WITH RESTRICTIONS (See website for information) HAVELOCK 1 Christchurch is open ROAD CLOSED MAIN HIGHWAYS OPEN 62 but only during daylight AVAILABLE ROUTE WAIRAU VALLEY 63 hours. This is currently BLENHEIM 63 SEDDON from 7am to 6pm each 6 day. WESTPORT WARD MURCHISON ST ARNAUD Work continues to repair 69 1 and rebuild the road 65 REEFTON and railway following INLAND CLARENCE the earthquake. This MARUIA ROAD 70 MANGAMAUNU KAIKŌURA can cause delays and 7 LEWIS PASS SUMMIT MT closures. Allow plenty of SPRINGS LYFORD PEKETA JUNCTION HANMER time for your trip. GREYMOUTH 7 SPRINGS GOOSE BAY WAIAU CONWAY FLAT Do not rely on your 73 GPS for road closure CULVERDEN CHEVIOT information relating to 7 ARTHUR’S 1 SH1. PASS WAIPARA 73 AMENITIES

Information Restrooms site 71 State Highway Parking KAIAPOI Rest Areas

Petrol Mobile Coverage Black Spots Food METHVEN 1 CHRISTCHURCH

Allow plenty of time for your trip, OPENING HOURS take lots of breaks and Opening hours on SH1 from KaikŌura to Christchurch be prepared for delays will change as winter progresses. as there are roadworks on the route. Before travelling, check the website for the latest travel information. www.nzta.govt.nz/kaikoura-earthquake-response HOW TO GET FROM CHRISTCHURCH TO KAIKŌURA AND THEN BLENHEIM/PICTON

You can travel from MOTUEKA Christchurch to KaikŌura NELSON PICTON ROAD OPEN on SH1. The road is open ROAD OPEN WITH RESTRICTIONS HAVELOCK (See website for information) 1 during daylight hours only, ROAD CLOSED MAIN HIGHWAYS OPEN 62 currently from 7am to WAIRAU AVAILABLE ROUTE VALLEY 63 6pm each day. BLENHEIM 63 SEDDON Work continues to repair 6 WESTPORT and rebuild the road and WARD MURCHISON ST ARNAUD railway following the 69 1 earthquake. This can cause 65 delays and closures – REEFTON INLAND CLARENCE check the website before MARUIA ROAD 70 MANGAMAUNU travelling. KAIKŌURA 7 LEWIS PASS SUMMIT MT Do not rely on your SPRINGS LYFORD PEKETA JUNCTION HANMER GPS for road closure GREYMOUTH 7 SPRINGS GOOSE BAY WAIAU information. CONWAY FLAT

73 To then travel from CULVERDEN CHEVIOT KaikŌura to Blenheim, 7 ARTHUR’S go about 5.5km south of PASS 1 WAIPARA KaikŌura on SH1 and take 73 Inland Road 70 through AMENITIES Information Restrooms site Mt Lyford and Waiau to 71 State Highway Parking Culverden. This will take KAIAPOI Rest Areas two hours to drive. Then Petrol Mobile Coverage Black Spots travel northwest on SH7 Food METHVEN 1 through Lewis Pass to CHRISTCHURCH Springs Junction, turn north onto SH65 and travel through Maruia to turn north into SH6 and then into SH63, travelling through St Arnaud to Blenheim and SH1, to travel north to Picton and the Cook Strait ferries. From Culverden to Picton, it will take about six hours driving time.

BEFORE YOU TRAVEL Check the latest road information

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