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

Distance between Nelson and Oamaru is 465 kilometers (288 miles).
Driving distance from Nelson to Oamaru is 657 kilometers (407 miles)

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4 Ways from Nelson (New Zealand/Nelson) to Oamaru (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 6 192.25 km
13. Turn left onto State Highway 7, SH 7 151.24 km
14. Turn right onto Omihi Road, SH 1 29.80 km
15. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Main North Road, SH 1 19.38 km
16. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Johns Road, SH 1 2.78 km
17. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Johns Road, SH 1 1.46 km
18. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Russley Road, SH 1 5.01 km
19. Turn right onto Yaldhurst Road, SH 73 2.20 km
20. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Pound Road 827 m
21. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Pound Road 3.33 km
22. Turn right onto Waterloo Road 1.55 km
23. Turn left onto Kirk Road 43 m
24. Turn right onto Main South Road, SH 1 1.44 km
25. At roundabout, take exit 2 68.76 km
26. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto West Street, SH 1 161.95 km
27. Keep left onto Thames Street 310 m
28. Turn right onto Steward Street 103 m
29. Keep left onto Steward Street 20 m
30. Arrive at destination 0 m
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