How to get from Nelson to Hokitika by car, truck, walk, bike

Distance between Nelson and Hokitika is 250 kilometers (155 miles).
Driving distance from Nelson to Hokitika is 325 kilometers (202 miles)

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4 Ways from Nelson (New Zealand/Nelson) to Hokitika (New Zealand)

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Route instructions

1. Continue onto Trafalgar Street 34 m
2. Turn left onto Halifax Street 254 m
3. Turn left onto Rutherford Street 4.90 km
4. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Whakatu Drive 720 m
5. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Whakatu Drive, SH 6 174 m
6. Keep left onto Whakatu Drive, SH 6 5.38 km
7. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Richmond Deviation, SH 6 1.66 km
8. Keep left 113 m
9. Turn sharp right onto McGlashen Avenue 19 m
10. Turn left onto Richmond Deviation, SH 6 136 m
11. Continue onto Gladstone Road, SH 6 1.51 km
12. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Main Road Hope, SH 6 120.95 km
13. Turn right onto Upper Buller Gorge Road, SH 6 40.35 km
14. Turn left onto State Highway 69, SH 69 32.79 km
15. Turn right onto Potter Street, SH 69 26.71 km
16. Turn right onto Atarau Road 37.75 km
17. Turn right onto Taylorville Road 9.95 km
18. Turn left onto State Highway 6, SH 6 1.70 km
19. Keep left onto State Highway 6 50 m
20. Turn slight left onto State Highway 6, SH 6 346 m
21. Turn right onto SH 6 523 m
22. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Tainui Street, SH 6 54 m
23. Turn slight left onto Tainui Street, SH 6 1.90 km
24. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto High Street, SH 6 15.47 km
25. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Kumara Junction Highway, SH 6 14.51 km
26. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Kumara Junction Highway, SH 6 6.79 km
27. Turn right onto Hampden Street 125 m
28. Turn left onto Sewell Street 229 m
29. Turn left onto Stafford Street 30 m
30. Turn slight right onto Stafford Street 140 m
31. Arrive at destination 0 m
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Information about Stations

All station in Nelson (New Zealand/Nelson)
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Hokitika Airport Hokitika