How to get from Christchurch to New Plymouth by car, truck, walk

Distance between Christchurch and New Plymouth is 512 kilometers (317 miles).
Driving distance from Christchurch to New Plymouth is 784 kilometers (486 miles)

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3 Ways from Christchurch (New Zealand) to New Plymouth (New Zealand)

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Route instructions

1. Continue onto Cathedral Square 85 m
2. Turn left onto Cathedral Square 131 m
3. Turn slight right onto Colombo Street 1.06 km
4. Turn right onto Bealey Avenue 120 m
5. Turn left onto Sherborne Street 3.25 km
6. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Christchurch Northern Corridor 21.76 km
7. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Main North Road, SH 1 142.53 km
8. Turn slight left onto State Highway 1, SH 1 139.00 km
9. At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Sinclair Street, SH 1 332 m
10. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Sinclair Street, SH 1 309 m
11. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Grove Road, SH 1 5.43 km
12. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto State Highway 1, SH 1 21.01 km
13. Keep left onto Kent Street 746 m
14. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Lagoon Road 391 m
15. Turn right onto Passenger vehicle check-in 13 m
16. Turn slight left onto Bluebridge Linkspan 93.84 km
17. Keep right onto Wellington - Picton (Interislander) 4.89 km
18. Keep right onto Wellington - Picton (Interislander) 500 m
19. Turn left 134 m
20. Keep left 328 m
21. Make a U-turn onto Aotea Quay 119 m
22. Keep left 124 m
23. Keep left 2.80 km
24. Keep left onto SH 1 3.02 km
25. Keep right onto Johnsonville Porirua Motorway, SH 1 15.28 km
26. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto State Highway 59, SH 59 2.20 km
27. Keep left 57 m
28. Turn right 47 m
29. Turn slight left onto Saint Andrews Road, SH 59 429 m
30. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto State Highway 59, SH 59 15.65 km
31. Keep left 20.43 km
32. Continue onto State Highway 1, SH 1 10.24 km
33. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Main Highway, SH 1 18.39 km
34. Keep left 58 m
35. Turn sharp right 68 m
36. Continue onto Oxford Street, SH 1 51.09 km
37. Keep left 55 m
38. Turn slight left onto Dundas Street, SH 1, SH 3 47.76 km
39. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto State Highway 3, SH 3 1.08 km
40. At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Heads Road 380 m
41. Keep left 77 m
42. Continue onto Guyton Street 289 m
43. Turn left onto Hatrick Street East 306 m
44. Turn slight right onto Ingestre Street 145 m
45. Turn left onto College Street 268 m
46. Turn right onto College Street 455 m
47. Turn right onto Liverpool Street 301 m
48. Turn left onto Victoria Avenue 457 m
49. Turn slight right onto Great North Road, SH 3 86.48 km
50. Turn sharp right onto Collins Street 550 m
51. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Collins Street 2.41 km
52. At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Waihi Road, SH 3 27.56 km
53. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Broadway, SH 3 389 m
54. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Broadway, SH 3 39.08 km
55. Turn left onto Leach Street, SH 45 282 m
56. Arrive at destination 0 m
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