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3 unusual facts about New Zealand State Highway 2


Haywards–Plimmerton Line

The proposed No 3 line followed the Western Hutt Road, left the Wellington-Masterton Railway 12 miles 55 chains from Wellington (approximately 1.2 km south of the present day SH 2/SH 58 intersection), and climbed Haywards Hill to the saddle.

Michael King

King and his second wife, Maria Jungowska, were killed when their car crashed into a tree and caught fire near Maramarua, on State Highway 2 in the north Waikato.

Petone Railway Station

Pedestrian access between the two side platforms is by a subway to the south or a footbridge to the north (the footbridge also crosses State Highway 2 to Pito-one Road).


Wairarapa Times-Age

The newly merged paper moved to a purpose-built Art Deco-inspired building on the narrow corner of Chapel Street (SH 2) and Cole Street in Masterton.


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